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Calling all handymen (broken frame help)

Iā€™ll bet @Larry could fix this up in a jiffy!

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Update:

I reached out to Larry. Good news/bad news - theyā€™re fixable, but they would almost certainly require a repaint, which kinda defeats the purpose of having them repaired.

I may just display them as is. Thatā€™s abstract art, isnā€™t it? šŸ˜Ž
 
Break them into more pieces and pin them back together with gaps and suspend the lenses with monofilament like an articulated skeleton for display.
 
Update:

I attempted to repair these last night, and as of now, theyā€™re holding up. I followed a process I saw in another thread, which included drilling into both orbitals and inserting a thin piece of metal to provide structural integrity. After that, I used JB weld plastic bonder to bond the fractured pieces together. This was tricky bc of where the frame was severed. I tried to be as precise as possiblE in order to get the wrap of the frame correct. The frame did accept lenses this morning, but I didnā€™t run it through any real stress tests. Iā€™m gonna let the glue settle longer and Iā€™ll update this thread in the coming days

These are the materials I used:
-1/16 drill bit
-JB weld plastic bonder
-sand paper
-some sort of thin metal, like a paper clip (I used a thin nail bc I get it would provide better support)

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