10-13-2014, 08:57 PM
I went ahead and attempted to repair the spider. The first photo below shows the spider cut from cone and the center of the spider with the remaining fragments of the spider arms still connected to the center nut of the spider. I forgot to take a picture of it but I glued small splicing extensions to the underside of the existing arms on the center nut so that about 3/16 of an inch of extension was glued to the arm and another 3/16" extended out beyond the torn edge.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lr8pkmm1fspe7f....jpg?raw=1]
You can see one from the underside looking through the voice coil. The yellow arrow points to the lighter "extension" that was made from manila file folder.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbh67h3vx273un....jpg?raw=1]
I glued the 3 extensions one at a time and let each dry before moving on to the next just so I wouldn't mess up one while gluing on the next. After all 3 were dry, I slipped the center nut/arms/extensions into place. I used tacky glue from the hobby store and it was tacky enough to allow me to slide the pieces into place and hold them while I got things aligned. Cleaned off as much extra glue as possible with a toothpick and then used a nut driver to apply a little pressure from the bottom.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8wousge4q0f1nq....jpg?raw=1]
Once dried, I added a little glue to the top where the torn edges were still visible.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bw2txwljzdvxxz....jpg?raw=1]
Will have to wait to see if it works (and for how long) after I get the rest of the chassis restored.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lr8pkmm1fspe7f....jpg?raw=1]
You can see one from the underside looking through the voice coil. The yellow arrow points to the lighter "extension" that was made from manila file folder.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbh67h3vx273un....jpg?raw=1]
I glued the 3 extensions one at a time and let each dry before moving on to the next just so I wouldn't mess up one while gluing on the next. After all 3 were dry, I slipped the center nut/arms/extensions into place. I used tacky glue from the hobby store and it was tacky enough to allow me to slide the pieces into place and hold them while I got things aligned. Cleaned off as much extra glue as possible with a toothpick and then used a nut driver to apply a little pressure from the bottom.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8wousge4q0f1nq....jpg?raw=1]
Once dried, I added a little glue to the top where the torn edges were still visible.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bw2txwljzdvxxz....jpg?raw=1]
Will have to wait to see if it works (and for how long) after I get the rest of the chassis restored.
