You made the 5k mark while I was away 😂, congratulations 🥳 well deserved Steveo. Cool bit of kit and could work on pots in garden too. Have a fab week and happy gardening 👩🌾, Ali 🍁🍁🍂🇨🇦
I've got one of these and used it to repair tubs and plastic crates. Definitely worth practicing on something first to get the feel of it. Hardest part is cutting off the legs and dealing with the sharp bits.
@DigwellGreenfingers for my freezer tray repair I just used a dremel to slice off the legs. Used baking soda and superglue to fill the gaps. Tiny bit of filing and it's good to go. Looks horrendous but every time I look at it I remember the £50+ I saved 😁
@@MattHawkinsUK Brilliant! I could not believe the price of the drawers. Funny you just commented, as I looking at the repairs only yesterday and they are still as "sound" as when I did them 10 months ago.
Well done! Wish I would’ve known about this with my old fridge. It had drawers that the fronts popped off. I can see that repairing those large plastic pots in the garden. Congratulations on 5k subscribers!
If the part is made of polystyrene, Testor’s model glue (remember that stuff?) in the orange and white tube will weld the cracks together stronger than the original. Cheap, and when it cracks again, in a slightly different spot, glue that too.
It does work, but I found that it was a bit weak in the cold, especially at -18C in the freezer. Hence, I use the staples now. Gorilla make a low temp glue, but I have not tried that one yet.
Like #22. I’ve had this happen. The plastic of the drawer seems brittle. And the weakest parts of the drawer are the “glides”. If I try to put a lot of stuff in the drawer, it puts a strain on the glides. The overloaded drawer binds up, and doesn’t glide evenly. Like you I’ve tried all the glues and tapes. I’ve never known that I could actually replace the drawers with new ones! But a repair sounds like it might be more cost effective. The tool and different attachments seem like a good investment for future issues.
Good luck Steve! We had to replace a shelf bracket - nothing would work because the shelf bracket had flexure designed in. It broke at the point of maximum deformation 😣. Good luck!
That is a neat little repair tool. I don't know what brand frig the drawers are from but I wouldn't buy that brand again. I can't recall ever having frig/freezer drawers crack on me. 🤔
@@DigwellGreenfingers Never heard of that brand. It must not be sold in the States or if it is, it's sold under a different name. 😀 Enjoy the rest of the weekend Steve.
Hey Steve, brilliant job with the repair. I did not know you were an engineer! I really like that product the usage seem very straight forward and looked like low difficulty level steady hand and keen eye. I do love to see when folks pop out a video of another sort rather than the some old subject matter. Most of us have multiple backgrounds and interests.What type of engineering career did you have? Thank you for the fun video Cya next time
Cheers buddy. Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Marine Engineering Artificer, so: nuclear reactors, gas turbines, steam machinery, aircon/refrigeration, RO plants, diesel generators, hydrails, pneumatic controls, electric up to 3.3kV, shipwright, fitter/turner, metalworker, high duty pipe welder --- plus more LOL A busy 24 years in the Navy!
Wow that is amazing so much learning and doing certainly enough to fill a lifetime. I was an US army medic and nurse for 16 years and a Hospice nurse for the next 17 years. @@DigwellGreenfingers
@DigwellGreenfingers I repaired the fig draw in the bakery shop. It lasted 3 years it's now outside waiting on the crown to pick up 😀 OK if a professional did this work they do cost a lot more than £20 😀
@DigwellGreenfingers did you get any plastic rods or wire with the kit, I just used cable ties, black ones works really well on rear of door mirror 🪞 😀
From my personal experience, the only thing that really works is sadly not easily available to purchase in the UK. It's a product called WeldOn ('No.4' I believe) and it literally dissolves one side of the cracked plastic to the other and makes a bond that's as strong, if not stronger, that the original. It works brilliantly and repaired cracks in my fridge drawers where the cracks ran along the brackets where the weight in the drawer is constant. It can be a bit ugly if you put too much as it leaves the plastic diffused, and it's tricky to apply because its viscosity is that of water, but it really works and welds the material together.
Good advice! Weld-On #4 is available in the UK but I prefer Tensol 12 (because of its supplied syringe) amzn.to/3VFx4An I've used both in the past to make acrylic display cases. The only real issue with it is that it has no tack, so the parts need holding together well for at least 3-4 hours. Not a problem for a crack but can be awkward with broken off pieces. Happy to say these so called "welding" staples are still holding! Have a great week
Wow cool ,nice job digwell,but I see there was ,,one more smaller crack ,branching off of the one you mended but why no dead end it also with you drill? Will it no continue?
LOL - I saw that too and did all of them eventually. Nigel @muddybootz had a good idea to used a Dremel to take the staples flush with the plastic - I never thought of that D'Oh! Hope you have a great week
Ya I love my Dremel ,couldn't live without it. Cool beans man, thanks for the great tips ,I'd never heard of them squigglies bobs before but I can think of tons of projects in the past I wish I had them for in retro spect.
Excellent vid Steve. This would have save me hundreds of pounds. We thought it was poor quality of Hotpoint drawers. I have glued a few aluminium plates across some of the cracks using JB WELD
@@DigwellGreenfingers A bit of copper wire would be (a) rustproof, (b) easy to bend into shape and (c) have plenty of thermal inertia. The problem I foresee would be getting the hot wire into place while it was hot enough - that's the win for the 'gun': it lets you place the wire tie and heats it at the same time.
Thanks for that, have learned something, and how to repair those cracked drawers. With your expertise can you suggest a fix for the freezer where the supports for the drawers have collapsed. The supports are part of the moulded plastic lining of the freezer, and need to take the weight of the drawer full of frozen food, would fibre glass built up on the walls hold up?
WoW! Very clever. Freezr tray lways end up cracking and bits snapping off. The back part of onee of my trays has completely snapped off- thank heavens tit still runs on the runner. I have no idea how i might possibly fix that! Shame the trays/baskets aren't made from more durable substances! Job wll done Steve! 😊
@@DigwellGreenfingers I had a bit of weld wire and bent it into similar shapes … same principle as yours only used the cotton wool and superglue to set …. Similar to the bicarb method …. However I used it to fix a bumper ….. considering your repair was for a “colder climate” it is probably the best choice …. New to your Channel and love the content by the way
@@pee20pee That is certainly worth remembering, just in case. I successfully moulded a piece of a handle on a vintage muffing warmer with glue and bicarb. The best thing was, it turned out an ivory colour that was a perfect match! Welcome aboard & have a great Sunday! 🙂
They should make them from a more a more durable plastic like polycarbonate as they seem to be worse for cracking now than 30yrs ago but most stuff from overseas is generally trash.
Nice one Steve! I successfully used baking soda and super glue for several plastic repairs, but I don't think for fridge trays. For the price it's got to be cost effective if you're going to repair a number of items. Btw talking about fridges; I've had several that work fine until a few days after the 1year warranty expires and then it's usually been the thermostat ( a replacement which costs about half the price of the fridge 🤬🤬). So last December I bought an under counter fridge which allegedly had ample supplies of spare thermostats, thinking ahead I ordered one immediately only to be told ten months later " they're discontinued". FFS 🤬🤬 I thought the government had brought in legislation about this corrupt practice. Sorry for the rant Steve 😂 ATB Woody 🍻👍
Without casting "nasturtiums" LOL (I always get aspersions wrong) many items can be made to last! When I was on my Nuclear Submarine water chemistry course back in the 80s, we were told that for only £10 on the price of a new car, the body panels could be made rust free (think Morris Marina etc!) but it would not happen as the body panel makers would lose out by only selling panels for crash damage! Ditto the everlasting light bulb - once a house had 12, no more would sold unless they got smashed. Ford, in the 70s, were prosecuted for making radiator fans out of balance so that water pump bearings would fail early (allegedly!) So I'm guessing it is a similar story with fridge drawers! I understand your anger but I think the law only applies to new models made since it came in, not sure though.
@@DigwellGreenfingers I think you're right about that mate, interesting information you were told in the 1980s : and it fits perfectly with the notion of capitalism, consumerism and profit . I rarely get political mate but I'm just about done with the UK political system, it does nothing for working class people. Btw Morris Marina, good lord that made me laugh 😂😂😂😂 I had one in 1980, biggest pile of crap ever. They used nylon/plastic castle nuts on the half shaft, which had a tendency to shear off at unfortunate moments..... Yeh you guessed right, it happened to me 🤬😂
@@cumbrianhomestead I went down the other route and had Hillman Avengers - fantastic cars. Three in total, the best being a 1500GT. Drove home from an RAF camp one night (after a few sherberts) and the car started spluttering. Young engineer that I was put it down to a fuel problem. Whipped the top off one of the Stromberg carbs and its diaphragm was split. Nightmare - looked around and found an empty cheese & onion crisp packet and somehow I made a replacement from it! Bugger me if 3 days later the car started spluttering again - lifted the bonnet and saw the crisp packet clamped down between the two halves of the carb! Totally forgot about it LOL Don't drink and drive PMSL
@@cumbrianhomestead. Sorry to jump in guys… but I had a Marina 1.8TC. Worst car I’ve ever owned. Like a kangaroo around an island in the wet. All down to the crap lever arm shock absorbers 😡 plus the constant melting of the hydraulic clutch pipe when it touched the engine block 🥵
You made the 5k mark while I was away 😂, congratulations 🥳 well deserved Steveo.
Cool bit of kit and could work on pots in garden too. Have a fab week and happy gardening 👩🌾, Ali 🍁🍁🍂🇨🇦
Cheers Ali 👍
Oo, never thought about garden pots and seed trays - better get it out again tomorrow LOL
Learnt something new with drilling end of a crack and the kit looked very handy
It spreads the stress (wish all things in life were this simple LOL)
Have a great week!
I've got one of these and used it to repair tubs and plastic crates. Definitely worth practicing on something first to get the feel of it. Hardest part is cutting off the legs and dealing with the sharp bits.
Yes, snippers without a bevel cut are needed to snip off the staples.
@DigwellGreenfingers for my freezer tray repair I just used a dremel to slice off the legs. Used baking soda and superglue to fill the gaps. Tiny bit of filing and it's good to go. Looks horrendous but every time I look at it I remember the £50+ I saved 😁
@@MattHawkinsUK Brilliant! I could not believe the price of the drawers. Funny you just commented, as I looking at the repairs only yesterday and they are still as "sound" as when I did them 10 months ago.
Well done! Wish I would’ve known about this with my old fridge. It had drawers that the fronts popped off.
I can see that repairing those large plastic pots in the garden.
Congratulations on 5k subscribers!
That has me thinking now, pots, trays etc etc.
Have a great week Robin
If the part is made of polystyrene, Testor’s model glue (remember that stuff?) in the orange and white tube will weld the cracks together stronger than the original. Cheap, and when it cracks again, in a slightly different spot, glue that too.
It does work, but I found that it was a bit weak in the cold, especially at -18C in the freezer. Hence, I use the staples now. Gorilla make a low temp glue, but I have not tried that one yet.
Congratulations on hitting 5k subs 👏
Many thanks Gemma 🤗
Like #22. I’ve had this happen. The plastic of the drawer seems brittle. And the weakest parts of the drawer are the “glides”. If I try to put a lot of stuff in the drawer, it puts a strain on the glides. The overloaded drawer binds up, and doesn’t glide evenly. Like you I’ve tried all the glues and tapes. I’ve never known that I could actually replace the drawers with new ones! But a repair sounds like it might be more cost effective. The tool and different attachments seem like a good investment for future issues.
It is a pity we cannot share photos here but the hanging drawer you saw me repair is now fully loaded up! So far so good!
Good luck Steve! We had to replace a shelf bracket - nothing would work because the shelf bracket had flexure designed in. It broke at the point of maximum deformation 😣. Good luck!
When things are built to fail there's not much you can do about it.
Have a great week guys!
What are the alternatives when the prices are what often make or break some of us? @@DigwellGreenfingers
@@alexisscarbrough4083 None in this throw away society, sadly!
Good job Steve. Never heard of that gizmo but it def saved you a fortune. Mags
That is a neat little repair tool. I don't know what brand frig the drawers are from but I wouldn't buy that brand again. I can't recall ever having frig/freezer drawers crack on me. 🤔
This one is a 10 year old Zanussi, Steve, but I have had it happen on others.
Have a great weekend! 🙂
@@DigwellGreenfingers Never heard of that brand. It must not be sold in the States or if it is, it's sold under a different name. 😀 Enjoy the rest of the weekend Steve.
Congratulations on 5K subs matey 🍾
Thanks, Nigel. I appreciate your much needed help over the years buddy👍
Hey Steve, brilliant job with the repair. I did not know you were an engineer! I really like that product the usage seem very straight forward and looked like low difficulty level steady hand and keen eye. I do love to see when folks pop out a video of another sort rather than the some old subject matter. Most of us have multiple backgrounds and interests.What type of engineering career did you have? Thank you for the fun video Cya next time
Cheers buddy. Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Marine Engineering Artificer, so: nuclear reactors, gas turbines, steam machinery, aircon/refrigeration, RO plants, diesel generators, hydrails, pneumatic controls, electric up to 3.3kV, shipwright, fitter/turner, metalworker, high duty pipe welder --- plus more LOL
A busy 24 years in the Navy!
Wow that is amazing so much learning and doing certainly enough to fill a lifetime. I was an US army medic and nurse for 16 years and a Hospice nurse for the next 17 years. @@DigwellGreenfingers
Hi Steve great to see you hit the 5K
Looks like a good piece of kit hope it works mate
Have a good weekend
Robert
Thanks, Robert👍 I was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked 🙂
I saw this on tiktok and made myself 1 using paper clips, just the job 😊 nice one Steve ps and car parts 👍
I bought this as it said it had copper staples (which would be good with food) but they turned out to be stainless steel so even better LOL
@DigwellGreenfingers I repaired the fig draw in the bakery shop. It lasted 3 years it's now outside waiting on the crown to pick up 😀 OK if a professional did this work they do cost a lot more than £20 😀
@@crazybaker1And how much would a truck door mirror cost?
@DigwellGreenfingers did you get any plastic rods or wire with the kit, I just used cable ties, black ones works really well on rear of door mirror 🪞 😀
@@crazybaker1 Only what is shown in the video. It is a hot stapler, not a plastic welder.
From my personal experience, the only thing that really works is sadly not easily available to purchase in the UK. It's a product called WeldOn ('No.4' I believe) and it literally dissolves one side of the cracked plastic to the other and makes a bond that's as strong, if not stronger, that the original. It works brilliantly and repaired cracks in my fridge drawers where the cracks ran along the brackets where the weight in the drawer is constant. It can be a bit ugly if you put too much as it leaves the plastic diffused, and it's tricky to apply because its viscosity is that of water, but it really works and welds the material together.
Good advice! Weld-On #4 is available in the UK but I prefer Tensol 12 (because of its supplied syringe) amzn.to/3VFx4An
I've used both in the past to make acrylic display cases. The only real issue with it is that it has no tack, so the parts need holding together well for at least 3-4 hours. Not a problem for a crack but can be awkward with broken off pieces.
Happy to say these so called "welding" staples are still holding!
Have a great week
Wow cool ,nice job digwell,but I see there was ,,one more smaller crack ,branching off of the one you mended but why no dead end it also with you drill? Will it no continue?
LOL - I saw that too and did all of them eventually.
Nigel @muddybootz had a good idea to used a Dremel to take the staples flush with the plastic - I never thought of that D'Oh!
Hope you have a great week
Ya I love my Dremel ,couldn't live without it. Cool beans man, thanks for the great tips ,I'd never heard of them squigglies bobs before but I can think of tons of projects in the past I wish I had them for in retro spect.
Excellent vid Steve. This would have save me hundreds of pounds. We thought it was poor quality of Hotpoint drawers. I have glued a few aluminium plates across some of the cracks using JB WELD
Even the "cold" Gorilla type glues failed on me!
I always wondered how well it would work with a soldering gun and a paperclip...
Or just heat the clip up with a blowtorch? Not sure if it would rust in the fridge/freezer though?
@@DigwellGreenfingers A bit of copper wire would be (a) rustproof, (b) easy to bend into shape and (c) have plenty of thermal inertia. The problem I foresee would be getting the hot wire into place while it was hot enough - that's the win for the 'gun': it lets you place the wire tie and heats it at the same time.
@@jonathanrichards593 I am impressed with it, I must say!
Thanks for that, have learned something, and how to repair those cracked drawers. With your expertise can you suggest a fix for the freezer where the supports for the drawers have collapsed. The supports are part of the moulded plastic lining of the freezer, and need to take the weight of the drawer full of frozen food, would fibre glass built up on the walls hold up?
That would work or you could glue strips of thin sheet metal onto them.
@@DigwellGreenfingers Thanks, is there a particular sort of glue or make that would last in a freezer?
@@judyy4480 This will work, good at low temps: amzn.to/46llGNN
@@DigwellGreenfingers Many Thanks
WoW! Very clever. Freezr tray lways end up cracking and bits snapping off. The back part of onee of my trays has completely snapped off- thank heavens tit still runs on the runner. I have no idea how i might possibly fix that! Shame the trays/baskets aren't made from more durable substances! Job wll done Steve! 😊
Is it one of those things that, if they made perfect life-long trays then they would sell no spares?
Have a great week and thanks for watching!
Yeah, you’ve saved money for you and your son. Awesome.
The drawers are still as solid as a rock, IGG!
Havwe a great week over there
with skills like that you could have been a welder Steve 🤣
It was my natural hand shaking that made me a good welder - no need to weave the rod LOL
Or a bit of stainless weld wire … superglue and cotton wool ❤
You'll have to explain that one. I did superglue and bicarb and it was very brittle when cold.
@@DigwellGreenfingers I had a bit of weld wire and bent it into similar shapes … same principle as yours only used the cotton wool and superglue to set …. Similar to the bicarb method …. However I used it to fix a bumper ….. considering your repair was for a “colder climate” it is probably the best choice ….
New to your Channel and love the content by the way
@@pee20pee That is certainly worth remembering, just in case. I successfully moulded a piece of a handle on a vintage muffing warmer with glue and bicarb. The best thing was, it turned out an ivory colour that was a perfect match!
Welcome aboard & have a great Sunday! 🙂
I wonder if it is possible to get additional “staples”?
Yes, various shapes and formats for all situations. Bonus!
£20-£25, I wish! The cheapest replacement freezer drawer for our old integrated Ikea fridge freezer I can find is £150! 😂
I did correct myself at the end as I had not bought one for some years LOL (now £40-50) But £150 - wow. Buy a hot staple gun!
amzn.to/47FJMCQ
They should make them from a more a more durable plastic like polycarbonate as they seem to be worse for cracking now than 30yrs ago but most stuff from overseas is generally trash.
Ain't that the truth!
Nice one Steve!
I successfully used baking soda and super glue for several plastic repairs, but I don't think for fridge trays. For the price it's got to be cost effective if you're going to repair a number of items.
Btw talking about fridges; I've had several that work fine until a few days after the 1year warranty expires and then it's usually been the thermostat ( a replacement which costs about half the price of the fridge 🤬🤬).
So last December I bought an under counter fridge which allegedly had ample supplies of spare thermostats, thinking ahead I ordered one immediately only to be told ten months later " they're discontinued". FFS 🤬🤬 I thought the government had brought in legislation about this corrupt practice.
Sorry for the rant Steve 😂
ATB
Woody 🍻👍
Without casting "nasturtiums" LOL (I always get aspersions wrong) many items can be made to last! When I was on my Nuclear Submarine water chemistry course back in the 80s, we were told that for only £10 on the price of a new car, the body panels could be made rust free (think Morris Marina etc!) but it would not happen as the body panel makers would lose out by only selling panels for crash damage!
Ditto the everlasting light bulb - once a house had 12, no more would sold unless they got smashed.
Ford, in the 70s, were prosecuted for making radiator fans out of balance so that water pump bearings would fail early (allegedly!)
So I'm guessing it is a similar story with fridge drawers!
I understand your anger but I think the law only applies to new models made since it came in, not sure though.
@@DigwellGreenfingers
I think you're right about that mate, interesting information you were told in the 1980s : and it fits perfectly with the notion of capitalism, consumerism and profit . I rarely get political mate but I'm just about done with the UK political system, it does nothing for working class people.
Btw Morris Marina, good lord that made me laugh 😂😂😂😂
I had one in 1980, biggest pile of crap ever. They used nylon/plastic castle nuts on the half shaft, which had a tendency to shear off at unfortunate moments..... Yeh you guessed right, it happened to me 🤬😂
@@cumbrianhomestead I went down the other route and had Hillman Avengers - fantastic cars. Three in total, the best being a 1500GT. Drove home from an RAF camp one night (after a few sherberts) and the car started spluttering. Young engineer that I was put it down to a fuel problem. Whipped the top off one of the Stromberg carbs and its diaphragm was split. Nightmare - looked around and found an empty cheese & onion crisp packet and somehow I made a replacement from it!
Bugger me if 3 days later the car started spluttering again - lifted the bonnet and saw the crisp packet clamped down between the two halves of the carb! Totally forgot about it LOL
Don't drink and drive PMSL
@@DigwellGreenfingers
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
@@cumbrianhomestead. Sorry to jump in guys… but I had a Marina 1.8TC. Worst car I’ve ever owned. Like a kangaroo around an island in the wet. All down to the crap lever arm shock absorbers 😡 plus the constant melting of the hydraulic clutch pipe when it touched the engine block 🥵
This was a cracking video😁.
😂😂
It left me cold
Cracking job , well maybe not so cracking 😜😉
Cool! LOL
Have a great week Lee
Superb❤
Thanks for liking
You’re gonna put me out of a job buddy lol
Hahahahahaha! Sorry!