Author Topic: Removing klicky hands?  (Read 11768 times)

Offline Bill Blackhurst

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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2010, 19:00:50 »
Hmmmm... ;D
Well in that case there may be a few new customs comming out soon... ;)

I just thought,
Couldn't you heat the arm before removing the hand,
And pull it out, widening the hole a little, but fix it when the new hand is in place?

I've done that additional process too, WoT! One word of caution is use the exact same process by keeping the hand & forearm areas cool to prevent softening the wrong sections by using the cool wet linens! You can also adjust the heating of the plastic by distance of the hair dryer to the plastic surface. BE VERY CAREFUL, too close & results may prove disastrous!
« Last Edit: April 14, 2010, 19:42:56 by Bill Blackhurst »
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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2010, 00:21:53 »
My wife's hair dryer is in use a lot, but not for beauty purposes ;)!

But beauty is in the eye of the beholder!  :D  :wave:

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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2010, 10:32:00 »
 :wave: Hello,

i explain you here with some pictures a technique I use myself to remove correctly a hands of Klickys.

Use preferences recent figures, the plastic is more flexible than the old. You can too also warm up before the arm with a source of hot air, like hair dryer, heat gun, radiator, etc...

Important: Be sure that the new hands are the same as those to replace, because a part that enters in the arm is sometime different (Bigger, smaller, longer, shorter).

The rest follows with the pictures because it is sometimes better than write too much and my english is a little poor.

Friendly ;)
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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2010, 14:51:05 »
Very interesting....have to try it....

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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2010, 14:56:20 »
Thanks for posting this Tricornejock :)9
I'll have to try this myself as I have a couple of poor klickies with broken hands :'(
 

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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2010, 15:15:47 »
And yet another excellent method, TJ :)9! Thank you for this additional method, now we have several different ones to choose from!
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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #16 on: April 22, 2010, 15:41:54 »
intresting i'am gonna try it but i think it depends on the clicky how well is the hand on the clicky like the heads sometimes you can remove a head with your hand other you need pilers ! if i'am saying nonsense correct me :-[
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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2010, 03:50:38 »
Very clever method, must try this out!  :wave:

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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2010, 06:44:46 »
What I did was take a pair of pliers and left the body assembled to pull the unwanted hands out of the wanted arms. Then the hands I wanted to keep I cut out of the arms (taking care of course not to cut the hands themselves.
Not every one of these has come out right; More than a few have been loose. It’s kind of a crap shoot.
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Re: Removing klicky hands?
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2010, 19:43:54 »
Some great reference material here.  Thanks for sharing!