cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44876585

I know it's weird but that little bit of promo swag had been on my keychain across 4 cars and now my keys are weirdly light. It makes me kind of sad.

Edit: I knew y'all would understand. I'm going to try the epoxy idea on my next day off. Your responses have turned a crummy day into a great one.

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[–] 3 points 7 months ago*
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[–] 88 points 7 months ago (15 children)

I guess it could be welded back

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  • [–] 35 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    Why would you not be allowed to post?

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    My philosophy is that on the internet, everybody's a quantum superposition of men and women. You can be whichever you want at any time as far as it matters to me. If you want to be one of the guys here, you're welcome to be in my opinion.

    Expertise is expertise and should be welcomed no matter what one's gender might be.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    I'm bestowing an honorary man pass to you and any other women reading that want to participate in conversations that men are trying to gatekeep. It is valid in perpetuity and any objections to it renders the complainants own man pass invalid.

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    [–] 83 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Obtain:

    • A micro drill bit. Cheap off AliExpress. A bit more elsewhere.
    • A trip to ACE hardware (or hobby craft shop). Get:
      • A thin metal dowel, as thick as the medium thick micro-drill bit. You don't need more than 1-2". Or you can get a couple of thin, stainless steel nails and hack off the ends to size. For this, you'll need good shears or a little saw. Extra credit for using a Dremel.
      • A good, metal-friendly glue or a dual-mix epoxy. I'd ask for advice.

    Setup:

    • Drill a tiny hole at the center of each side of the loop. Maybe 1/8" or 2-3mm. Standard drill. Protip: the micro-drill bits also fit a Dremel.
    • Drill a slightly deeper hole on the body side (assuming it's solid).
    • Dry run: test cut a length of metal dowel, enough to join loop and body. Cut to length until both loop and body meet and are flush. The hole shouldn't be too tight. Enough space for glue that comes later.
    • The dowel adds structure and distributes stress pressure. Reason they use rebars in cement structures.

    Assembly:

    • Drizzle a drop of glue into each hole and a little on the dowel. A little more onto surfaces where the broken parts connect.
    • Assemble body, dowels stuck into drilled holes on both sides, and loop.
    • Wipe excess glue.
    • Wrap some tape vertically to hold it tight. Doesn't matter what kind. It's just there to hold things into place.
    • Leave overnight to set.
    • Grab a beverage and stress-scream into a couch cushion. You are master of the physical universe.

    Post-coitus:

    • Unwrap tape, admire handiwork, then put back on keychain.
    • Tell EVERYONE.
    • Post back here with pictures. You've earned it.

    Since this is on a keychain, it will be constantly getting pulled. Just gluing it in, or even welding may apply sudden strains and have it snap off at the compromised joints.

    This way, it will outlive you and your grandchildren.

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Man, that's so much work. I'd just be sad instead.

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    [–] 48 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Hey looks like it is copper substrate, it could be soldered together!

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    A clamp and some E600 epoxy will make that good as new. Don't give up hope yet, OP.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    I totally get it.

    I would find a jeweler or metal worker and get it fixed. It might be expensive but apparently it would be worth it to you.

    Edit:

    Story time- I had a multitool my dad purchased for me before he died. I lost it one day and I was totally bummed. I mean I cried for like a whole day. Over a tool. Anyway I saw one on eBay once by random chance and bought it. When it arrived, it felt like the old one and I realized the object itself wasn’t special, it was what I memories and feelings it reminded me of when I held it. The new one did the same thing, at least close enough. So if repairing is not an option, replacing it might fill the hole.

    I found one for you.

    https://ebay.us/m/syXXxb

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Drill, tap, machine screws with loc-tite?

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Act like a proper car guy and slap some JB Weld on the bastard

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  • [–] 47 points 7 months ago (13 children)

    Bummer, perhaps it can be repaired? By the way, be very careful about sharing photos of keys, it is often quite easy to produce a duplicate key from a photo.

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  • [–] [S] 54 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I did think of that. The key visible in the photo is a dummy key that goes to a lock that I've misplaced.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    This rather relies on an attacker also knowing where any of your locks are located, and any of them being heavy duty enough that it wouldn't simply be more expedient to show up with a crowbar. I'd be much more concerned if I were showing off keys to the premises of a well known commercial enterprise and also let people know it.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    That or posting your house keys on Facebook or something, where most of the people seeing it live near you. We on Lemmy generally don't even know who the other person is, so it'd be a ton of effort to use this information.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Its significantly easier to pick almost any lock

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Possibly, but walking up with a pre-made key (or a few if you aren't 100% sure) is way more inconspicuous than breaking out yourracoon dick pick and trying to get lucky.

    Edit: I had a random ebay seller able to make a key for my motorcycle just from a picture. And it worked the first time, so it can't be that hard.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I have snap decoder on my phone and insta code live.

    First is an easy picture to bitting app and the second is used by locksmiths to get precise key cuts, combo lock codes and such.

    Most keys are trivial to decide with a decent photo.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    I'd braze it but I'm a fucking barbarian.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    yeah, came here to say this. epoxy is not ideal

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Maybe silver solder would do. Might be less likely to discolor it.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    I totally get it. If I like something and use it or have it around a long time I bond with it. Does not matter if it was expensive or cheap but if it was cheap/free I tend to love it more however if it was expensive I tend to be madder at the loss.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    epoxy time!

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    You can reattach that with resin. It looks like thats what its made out of and its coated in somethibg metallic.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    Absolutely don't just expoxy it, follow fubarx's tutorial below. Expoxy won't bind sheared metal to metal strong enough to stand up to pocket/keychain abuse. You don't have to go as fancy, but you need non brittle metal to re-connect those shear lines or it'll fall apart the first time you look at it funny.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    That's a long time to own a thing. A lot of love goes into it.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Almost twenty years ago, I bought a wallet designed to look like an NES controller. I bought it for $15 from GameStop. Astoundingly, it lasted ... I think seventeen years. It was still usable but disintegrating pretty fast.

    I had that wallet approximately half my life and got lots and lots of compliments on it. It was sentimental. I was sad to see it go - so much so that when I replaced it I bought a wallet display (something I didn't know existed before) and have it on my mantle to this day.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    I think this is the most feels I've seen in this club.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I mean...can you kintsugi it?

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Forza Motorsport 3 specifically hits a sweet spot for me so I totally feel your pain.

    I still have the lock box they included in the collector ‘s edition of GTA 4, they don’t make promo swag like they used to.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    New Achievement: Unlocked!

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    clearly a bad omen for Xbox :)

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago*

    Think of it this way: if you put some effort into repairing it, it will have even more personal meaning than it did before.

    The simplest thing you could do is just drill a hole on one end to pass a keyring through. That metal looks soft enough that any basic drill bit rated for mild steel should be able to punch through it in about a minute. File off the rough bits where the tab broke off, now it's custom.

    Objects don't carry their own meaning. They have meaning because we give it to them.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I would just be so glad I noticed it happen and it didn’t randomly fall off when I didn’t notice and might be lost

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    If the epoxy method doesn't work out, perhaps try turning this event into an activity.

    Learn some basic CAD, redesign the swag, but this time with something not Forza, but related to who you are now, and have it machined at PCBWay or similar.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    At least you didn't actually lose that other piece

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    It’s understandable. I got a small plain desk lamp for free several years ago. Cracked the base two years ago and duct taped it as one does. A couple of days ago the light started cutting off and I thought I was going to have to replace it, but it turns out the LED lightbulb was the problem. I was mildly relieved I wasn’t going to get a new lamp.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    This is from the Limited Collector's Edition of Forza 3, right?
    I actually have this one, unused, lying around somewhere in the box at my parents home.

    If you are not too far, I could probably ask them to mail it to you.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Found it:
    Less pristine than I thought, but still whole :)

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I really appreciate the thought, I'm going to try repairing it. It's more about this keyring being with me through all 4 of my cars than having a piece of Forza swag.

    Although apparently these are selling for like $60 on eBay if you wanted to make a little money off of it.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    If it's that sentimental, put it in a frame, not back with your keys, otherwise it'll eventually break again.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Ive still got the book from Collector Edition that keyring came from! It's awesome.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I feel your pain. I've had some skate shoe keychains on my keys for 22+ years now. My keys just wouldn't feel the same without my DVS nylon straps attached.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Do what the other guy said using the micro drill bit, but use a segment of high gauge wire instead of the dowel. Also, solder it, don't glue it. Bore a little extra space for the solder.

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