USPS Commits Murder - Can the Victim be Saved?
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The crime: murder by the postal service. |
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Glue together with Gorilla glue (poly urethane) then screw the whole thing to a sheet of good 3/4" plywood. Looks like you only need to additional holes to do the job enough to make it structurally sound. You are going to want to go the plywood route anyways if you plan on hanging it somewhere besides a plywood climbing wall cause the chance that the existing mounting holes line up with the studs in your wall is probably pretty slim. |
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maybe it was one of those sharks with the laserbeam? |
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Funny that I'm seeing this just after I finished reading an article in the local paper about how the USPS is lost $50 million last year. |
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I've gotten into the habit of replacing almost all adhesives with epoxy resin. It's smells bad, but it will probably dry stronger than that hang board ever was. If the break is really porous and rough epoxy will definitely hold it together. |
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Nathan Stokes wrote:Glue together with Gorilla glue (poly urethane) then screw the whole thing to a sheet of good 3/4" plywood. Looks like you only need to additional holes to do the job enough to make it structurally sound. You are going to want to go the plywood route anyways if you plan on hanging it somewhere besides a plywood climbing wall cause the chance that the existing mounting holes line up with the studs in your wall is probably pretty slim.+1 Keep the surface clean, don't touch it,any contaminants like skin oil will compromise the strength of the bond. If it needs to be cleaned before bonding, use a plastic bristled brush with isopropyl alcohol and allow it to dry thoroughly. |
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If they broke they should pay for a new one. Did you contact the company you bought it from? Unless you're too stoked to wait for a new one. But I'd agree with screwing to a piece of plywood. |
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Scarpa didn't make that board, it's a Stone Age Manta, hasn't been made in a very long time. It's a good board, but there are drawbacks. The smallest edge is annoyingly slanted downward/inward so your pinkies are higher than your index, the middle sloper dish is useless, and it's mega heavy and big. |
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Sven Yakomn wrote: +1 Keep the surface clean, don't touch it,any contaminants like skin oil will compromise the strength of the bond. If it needs to be cleaned before bonding, use a plastic bristled brush with isopropyl alcohol and allow it to dry thoroughly.+1 again. Gorilla glue works great. Don't over glue it as it does expand and will leave a blob outside the surface that will need to be cut or filed down. But it holds great. |
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File a claim. F*#K the USPS. Scanning packages, then quoting them "Delivered" online. Only to really deliver the package two days later...screw 'em. Do I sound bitter?...Sorry 'bout that. |
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Ya know, I've heard that UPS breaks things too. I just sent a grigri to California for $7 including replacement insurance. Got there two days later, no problemo. |
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True. UPS lost a crash pad I had shipped a while back. No problems though. I called them up and had the lady on the phone look on the Metolius site (she had no idea what a crash-pad was anyway). She looked up the model I gave her and UPS sent me a check. Of course I spent that money on everything BUT another crash-pad...beer, food, etc. Oh well. |
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Ouch that sucks man! Where did you find that though????? Ive been trying to hunt one down for a year now with no luck. |
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You'll never see a cent in insurance payment from the USPS. |
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I had a friend who was shipped a broken Metolius hangboard. He called Metolius and they sent him a brand new one and didn't even ask for the original back. Perhaps call up the manufacturer (Scarpa? Manta?) and see if they will hook it up |
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Man that blows... |
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My dad broke the bottom corner of my hangboard trying to forcefully remove it. He superglued the corner back on and I have pulled on that corner without any other support (this section is not supported by screws) and the glue is holding up perfectly. You wouldn't even know the thing is broken unless you saw it happen. |
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Bought this mega huge hold over 10 years ago. It came broken in 2 pcs. You can see the cracked area across the upper third of it. Must weight in at about 40 lbs, but was wrapped loosely in 2 pages of newspaper in a box. Took pics. Got a refund from the company and they went after the delivery people. Didn't ask for the hold back. So I drilled a couple deep holes to put in support nails, alligned them, and used 2 part epoxy glue to reattach the broken pieces. Slopped down some more glue on the inside of the hollowed hold too for more support, and added a keeper screw to each half just in case it broke. It's held up ever since, and that means being left outside on my wall for most of those 10 years, in the heat and the 20 below of winter. Sure came out ahead after that busted delivery. |
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just wanted to add that epoxy is better than gorilla glue for this. |