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Okay, so here is where the spinner is at...
I used my Handy Drill with the smallest bit I currently have for it to dril about 8 holes around the center post. I then CAREFULLY pulled it so it was centered in the spinner. The remaining plastic did break, but because of how I drilled the holes around the post the break wasn't clean through and wedged the post in a centered position.

I then took a circle of clear styrene and superglued it to the outside(there is not gonna be any photoetch on the spinners now due to this. Will paint the fans).
I then let that set, and liberally added super glue to the inside, building up a mound around the post(may need to do this again since some leakage occurred.
Which leaves me with:[ATTACH=full]87706[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87707[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87708[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87709[/ATTACH]

Once the glue has cured fully I will carefully sand down the disk on the outside, and may put more glue inside. I am not terribly concerned with the crazing as I am planning to frost the heck out of the spinners and insides of the outer Bussard domes anyhow.

Hopefully this works. Fingers crossed.

<blockquote data-quote="Thereal9thdoctor" data-source="post: 208017" data-attributes="member: 20310">Okay, so here is where the spinner is at...I used my Handy Drill with the smallest bit I currently have for it to dril about 8 holes around the center post. I then CAREFULLY pulled it so it was centered in the spinner. The remaining plastic did break, but because of how I drilled the holes around the post the break wasn&#039;t clean through and wedged the post in a centered position.I then took a circle of clear styrene and superglued it to the outside(there is not gonna be any photoetch on the spinners now due to this. Will paint the fans). I then let that set, and liberally added super glue to the inside, building up a mound around the post(may need to do this again since some leakage occurred.Which leaves me with:[ATTACH=full]87706[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87707[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87708[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87709[/ATTACH]Once the glue has cured fully I will carefully sand down the disk on the outside, and may put more glue inside. I am not terribly concerned with the crazing as I am planning to frost the heck out of the spinners and insides of the outer Bussard domes anyhow. Hopefully this works. Fingers crossed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thereal9thdoctor, post: 208017, member: 20310"] Okay, so here is where the spinner is at... I used my Handy Drill with the smallest bit I currently have for it to dril about 8 holes around the center post. I then CAREFULLY pulled it so it was centered in the spinner. The remaining plastic did break, but because of how I drilled the holes around the post the break wasn't clean through and wedged the post in a centered position. I then took a circle of clear styrene and superglued it to the outside(there is not gonna be any photoetch on the spinners now due to this. Will paint the fans). I then let that set, and liberally added super glue to the inside, building up a mound around the post(may need to do this again since some leakage occurred. Which leaves me with:[ATTACH=full]87706[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87707[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87708[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87709[/ATTACH] Once the glue has cured fully I will carefully sand down the disk on the outside, and may put more glue inside. I am not terribly concerned with the crazing as I am planning to frost the heck out of the spinners and insides of the outer Bussard domes anyhow. Hopefully this works. Fingers crossed. [/QUOTE]

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