Toy customizing: How to re-install capped metal pins
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- I neglected to demonstrate or even mention how to return the pins to the joints when one is ready to do so after finishing their custom work so here is a demonstration!
It's just as easy as the pin removal procedure!
Heck yeah. Armada starscream here I come
holy cow ive been looking for how to do this lol
Is it possible to use a soldering iron to create a "cap" in a pin by melting the top tip of it and letting it cool. Would melting iron on top of plastic make the two materials bind together? I need to improvise and make my own pin for a KO MP11 that arrived without an important capped pin.
I've never tried such a method so I can't speak on it its effectiveness. I do believe that it would be quite risky.
I think you're doing the best thing you can at this time.
At least you are able to engage with others through the digital medium. It's much easier to manager than direct social contact. It also allows you to remain connected with others, at your discretion.
You may have heard this before but I consider your acute awareness of your social anxiety to be a positive matter. When you are aware of it, you can then work towards improving and/or lessening its affect on your quality of life.
Just curious, but couldn't you just tap the pin back in? Or is there a danger of ripping the piece?
You could tap the pin back in but it would be more trouble than it is worth. The narrower end of the capped pin is burred so it would create a significant amount of friction if you were to force it back in without heating up the metal.
Guiltaur Great to know! Soldering iron, here i come!
+Guiltaur what if this kind of pin is attaching a wheel that has a deeper attachment point?
+Guiltaur what if this kind of pin is attaching a wheel that has a deeper attachment point?
Late as fuck but thanks for the video man, it was very helpful
I'm glad you've found this video then. :)
no problem man, and I think Ive hit that mark where its going to be sluggish or no more progress socially, but so long as I have a medium such as messaging on the internet I can still send personal messages but as its a digital response and not direct its less anxious. I am happy with what ive done but I dont feel I can push myself anymore as I fear doing more harm to my psyche.
I am still early on my own customizing journey so I definitely have a lot to share with respect to methods I'm developing or learning from others.
I'll make it a point to work on methods for modifying head sockets for ball joints as well as adding ball joints to custom work.
By the way, I hope you show your Generations Kup custom work when it's finished. :)
my biggest problems I forsee is making the head sockets smaller/bigger for ball joints or adding ball joints x.x; hope one day you do one of those to :)
I have a loose capped pin on the right shoulder of TLK Voyager Optimus (can't keep his right arm up, even less holding the sword). I think I'll try this hoping not to screw it up and have to buy another one.
Good luck with the procedure. I'm looking to acquire a TLK Voyager OP, however, I can't bring myself to pay the full MSRP for a "Premier Edition" toy so I must wait for a sale before paying up.
Please let me know how the modding goes.
Hi, thank you for the very useful video. I am trying to restore a vintage toy robot where a capped pin, similar to the one you are showing here is holding together at the knee the two parts of each leg. Problem is the legs are all die cast metal so the soldering trick might not work? Do you know of a different method for removing pins that hold die cast parts together? Thank you again!
i have a beast hunter wheeljack with a forearm thats lose and i really want to try and tighten it but i dont know if the heat would mess up the glue to tighten the forearm what should i do
Unfortunately, I'm not able to offer any useful advice without being able to see and handle the figure. Applying heat would definitely affect the glue and I'm not sure if the heat would destabilize the glue so that even after it cools and sets again, it may be weakened.
If you don't have a Soldering iron, would submerging the part in super hot water be sufficient? Thanks for the vid, trying to fix the ankle joint of my Robots in Disguise Warrior Skywarp.
I did not have success with boiling the plastic to insert a pin. The plastic never got soft enough and then the was the challenge of holding the hot piece still enough to push in a pin. I ended up using a styrofoam cutter (it's a heated wire) to apply heat to the pins I needed.
how would you tighten the wheel on a capped joint on a transformer. Thanks its because the wheel is very loose on my transformers prime first edition optimus prime
Pushing the pin a little deeper seemed to tighten mine
I am sincerely sorry to hear about your social anxiety. I hope you are able to make positive progress with it.
On a personal note, I am returning to university in the near future to become a psychologist with the intent of entering the therapy field of mental care.
For what it's worth, I have personal experience with the affects of social anxiety through friends and family members.
I would be grateful if you would send me the link when your work is done. I'm looking forward to seeing it. :)
ill be sure to link you but I think im done with my own videos sadly, my social anxiety has gotten to a low point and feel that its easier to post on forumns the videos lol.