Backstory... One of my knives developed a gap between the scale and the body plate. Pushing it down would close the gap, but it would spring back once pressure was off. I figured that the scale was warped, or there was a piece of foreign material lodged in there. To find out what was going on, I pried the scale off, but without the guidance of a YouTube video, and damaged it slightly (made it a little loose).
After cleaning the knife of all the gunk under the scale, I tried putting it back on, but that didn't solve the gap issue.
Now I was certain that it was a warped scale, but I wasn't able to simply bend the piece and get it to stay put. Then I remembered a trick I learned for fixing warps in plastic model parts... Hot Water.
I filled a coffee cup with water, and microwaved it for several minutes, then placed the scale in it and let it soften up. A minute or so later, I pulled the scale out, and bent it back. Rather than waiting for it to cool, I ran it under cold water, and "locked" the new shape.
Due to the damage, I decided to try poster putty to help hold things down, and it worked for years. I'd still be using that scale if it wasn't for the fact that I just upgraded to "Plus" scales.
« Last Edit: January 18, 2013, 08:13:46 PM by KTesh »
If you can't fix it with duct tape, a hammer, a screwdriver, bailing wire, zipties, or a Swiss Army Knife, it's broken and irreparable.