[P1] Power nib

[William L Carr]

On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 03:43  PM, Joost van de Griek wrote:

> Take the plug that the nib broke off of, put a tiny drop of superglue 
> on the
> broken "nib", insert into the port, wait a second or two, and pull out.
>
> Works for getting broken keys out of locks, too.


Superglue?

That's an interesting approach.  ;)

I'd never heard of using it this way, although I knew SG was a great 
way to sabotage a lock...hypothetically !

As an long-time user of cyano-acrylate, let me suggest two things.

1) Keep tissue paper handy.   It can soak up spilled superglue without 
harm and will prevent you from glueing your fingers together, or 
glueing your hands to your eyelids!

2) Superglue is catalyzed by water.   Without water it won't set.   
Thus you should breathe on one part, such as the broken nib, and put 
the superglue on the other part.   Try fit it first to get a good match 
to the broken half, and mark with Sharpie which way to hold the plug 
before applying the glue.


"I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the 
slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway." -Calvin