I am just curious if the sanding of the ridges has anything to do with weakening the seams. I personally do not have any issues with the ridges, maybe mine are not that bad. I am considering moving to a smaller ring and if the ridge then causes problems not sure if I will sand or just remain with the larger ring.
FUCK ALL The seam is not a seam its a butt joint with two poxy weak insubstantial spot welds. tight wads at al have sold 2,000,000 devices and still aint got the message 2BAD DESIGN EXECUTION seam through the lockpin hole is shit idea weakens and leverage to split Cagematerial too damn thin and not plexiglass. The curve was good though ! All new cbs need rough bits sanding and run decent impact plastic glue sparingly around outside of "seam£ before use. Then they are brilliant Also glue a tightened cable tie on the cage just incase.
My Wife uses a hot glue often for scrapbooking. I don't think it would be strong enough for this application, unless there are different types of glue to use.
I had to glue my CB3000 (copy version) a year ago, and did it with pattext super(gelly)glue. Ever since it's been better glued than it was before. No more dirty seams or splitting since then...
I just found mine has started to split just above the locking pin on the tube. So it looks like I will be joining those of you that have had to glue. Unless of course Mistress allows me to purchase something else, but that is looking very unlikely.
[quote name='Queen V's sub' timestamp='1299514626' post='60300'] I just found mine has started to split just above the locking pin on the tube. So it looks like I will be joining those of you that have had to glue. Unless of course Mistress allows me to purchase something else, but that is looking very unlikely. [/quote] Mine is not (yet) broken at the locking part, but there's a tear there already. I hope it won't break through, but if it does, I'd much rather buy a new CB3000 than play with glue on that part. I think the glue won't be strong enough to keep the locking mechanism working (but we can always try )
Super glue. It's just acrylic plastic and super glue will work fine. I actually took a 6000 and cut the length out of it. Basically turned it into a 6000s. Sanded it down and glued it back together with super glue. Sand the rough spots out and finish with very fine grit emory cloth. You can buy all different viscosity of super glue at a hobby store. They call it C A (see ay) because it's cyanoacrylate glue. It comes in thin - water thin. Medium - like store brand super glue. And thick or gap filling - sorta like cold honey. I used thin because it wicks into cracks. No problems.
Fixed a break at the locking pin and seems to be working great. While I was at it i glued the entire seam of the tube. NOW I have a break starting on the to p seam at the opening (head) end. Going to try it again and hopefully it will work long enough to save up for something better.