FX Lid

[TX-8687[501st]]

when i piece together my lid for taping up/preping...it doesn't go all the way around, like it's not round!!!!! it's very wide and it seem like the dome would better fit sideways...lol!!!!! how can i fix this???? it's almost as if the two helmet pieces are too flat, not roundish....make sense?????

[FIVE[501st]]

Makes perfect sense. That's just how they come... you sort of have to "force it". You can see a picture of mine all taped up for gluing on this post on my website. (About the 11th picture from the end.) It took me 4 hands (in other words HELP) to get it to fit inside correctly... but once you get it and glue it it will stay put.

Edited February 15, 2021 by gmrhodes13
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[TX-8687[501st]]

thanks, is that all you did to keep it together????? just glue????? was there a huge gap before you put the earpieces together?????

[FIVE[501st]]

I used screws on the ears but just hot glue on the dome... yep, that's all that's holding the dome on.

[Murray1134[501st]]

A gap between front and back is normal, it's covered by the ears.

 

I have ABS glue on the back piece holding the dome on.

[FIVE[501st]]

A gap between front and back is normal, it's covered by the ears.

Yes, a gap is normal... and the ears to cover it.

The only thing I'd suggest is make sure the front overlaps the back. That way the gap is only visible "behind the ears" from the back of the bucket and not the front.