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That13thGuy
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My headset has a crack in its plastic framing and I'm wondering what the best way would be ot fix it? Pictures of the crack are down below. I don't have a lot of money to spend so a nice home-DIY solution would be nice! If anyone is interested it's a Roccat Kave true 5.1 surround sound headset, the first edition, so it's pretty old but I love it to depth so I really want to fix it.

 

As you can see in the picture everything still works, you just can't wear it.

 

Thanks in advance,

That13thGuy

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2 minutes ago, That13thGuy said:

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had the same issue once. glue didnt help very much. maybe duct tape will but i just moved on.

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1 minute ago, ChrisCross said:

had the same issue once. glue didnt help very much. maybe duct tape will but i just moved on.

I've tried duc tape allready, but I can't move one man...

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1 minute ago, Hans Christian | Teri said:

Fixing that is not going to hold. Time for a new headset.

*cries deeply*

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1 minute ago, That13thGuy said:

*cries deeply*

I probably could fix that with some thin metal and some screwes, but yeah... it's time for new headphones xD

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2 minutes ago, That13thGuy said:

I've tried duc tape allready, but I can't move one man...

thats so cute. i have reserved a special place for my dead/old headphones. they have done they duty, give them some rest. 

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1 minute ago, Darel321 said:

I probably could fix that with some thin metal and some screwes, but yeah... it's time for new headphones xD

gluing the crack shut doesnt work, and duct tape made the head set too loose, but do you think using a small piece of either plastic or metal inbetween the headset and the tape will keep it strong?

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2 part epoxy might work but someone will have to back me up on this.

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Just now, SpaceTurtle917 said:

2 part epoxy might work but someone will have to back me up on this.

I tried that but it just broke of after an hour or so :(

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7 minutes ago, That13thGuy said:

gluing the crack shut doesnt work, and duct tape made the head set too loose, but do you think using a small piece of either plastic or metal inbetween the headset and the tape will keep it strong?

hmm. its hard to explain xD  I would make a small piece of metal with 2 holes bend it around the broken piece and on the other side a small screw trough the holes of the metal so it pulls everything together.. I rly should draw it for you xD

 

edit.. bolt and nut,  not screw xD sry forgot about that

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1 minute ago, Darel321 said:

hmm. its hard to explain xD  I would make a small piece of metal with 2 holes bend it around the broken piece and on the other side a small screw trough the holes of the metal so it pulls everything together.. I rly should draw it for you xD

so the metal wraps around the crack tightly? that could work. One more thing: how about this thing called sugru? It's basically clay that hardens into some form of plastic, it's really cool. Here's a link: https://sugru.com/about . Would that work in my case?

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1 minute ago, That13thGuy said:

so the metal wraps around the crack tightly? that could work. One more thing: how about this thing called sugru? It's basically clay that hardens into some form of plastic, it's really cool. Here's a link: https://sugru.com/about . Would that work in my case?

ohh yeah... you could try that too.. just fill in the clay and press it together, or even make a ring around it.. but first clean the glue from before :P

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Uhh try jet glue. It won't hold forever, but you may get a week or so out of it. If super-glue had a super-glue above it, it would be jet glue.

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Those headphones look dead already, might as well just get new headphones.

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3 hours ago, That13thGuy said:

so the metal wraps around the crack tightly? that could work. One more thing: how about this thing called sugru? It's basically clay that hardens into some form of plastic, it's really cool. Here's a link: https://sugru.com/about . Would that work in my case?

 

That actually might work. I have some i belive it's called epoxy sculpt.

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