Repair cracked plastic on TR-707?

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Repair cracked plastic on TR-707?

Post by cake100 » Sun Nov 08, 2015 6:24 am

Hi, I am about to get hold of a used TR-707 that works fine, but has a couple of cracks in the plastic.

I haven't seen it in the flesh yet, but, it sounds like someone stood on it or dropped something on it.

Looking online, I couldn't find any information on anyone repairing the plastic on synths or drum machines with cracks.

Does anyone have any experience?

I read there are different types of plastic that respond differently to glues etc., in that they will not take to them or they will.

Here is a video of a repair of some cracked plastic from a bike part.
I am hoping I can do something similar with the 707???
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Re: Repair cracked plastic on TR-707?

Post by Z » Sun Nov 08, 2015 2:19 pm

I have a dead 707. Why not just buy its shell from me for $100?
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Re: Repair cracked plastic on TR-707?

Post by cake100 » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:05 pm

Thanks for the response.
I got hold of the 707, but the 'crack' is not deep and does not effect the underside of the plastic nor the running of the machine.
So, I will leave it as it is.
Why not fix your one up or have it fixed?

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