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First post, by snorg

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I have a larger CRT monitor that I'd been storing in my garage, unfortunately it looks like with some of the extreme cold days we had in the last year or two that the swivel base has cracked, and no longer functions properly. While I can remove the base from the main monitor, I do not think there is any way to repair it and I doubt that I will be able to get a new replacement base. Short of just using the monitor without the base, do I have any options? This is a Mag Innovision that I bought new in the 90s, I'd like to hang onto it since it is the only decent CRT I have and will be moving it to the house because clearly the garage is not a fit place for storing this type of thing. I'm pretty sure there are no problems with the monitor although I need to test it, I have not yet done so. Would it be possible to 3D print a replacement base? It seems like that would be the most realistic repair option. Or is that unlikely to carry the weight? This is a very heavy (at least 75 pounds) monitor.

Reply 1 of 3, by Jade Falcon

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Plastic repair is not as hard as some may think.

Please post photos of the damage.

Reply 2 of 3, by 133MHz

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I've repaired cracked monitor bases (and adapted incompatible ones) with two part epoxy in the past with great success.

http://133FSB.wordpress.com

Reply 3 of 3, by snorg

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I will need to post a photo later, but the base is in two parts: a "ball" that is screwed onto the monitor and then a "socket" that the ball sockets into. There is a connector piece that joins the 2 together that has sheared off, I don't know how easy that would be to fix. This is what allows the monitor to tilt up and down. However without the part that joins the 2 pieces together, the monitor just loosely sits in the bottom part of the stand.