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Title basically sums it up, but detail wise I like an clod tripped over the cord to my headset and then frantically trying to regain my balance stepped on the cup and broke the little swivel between the two pieces on the headband circled here. Good news is the headsets still work, which is a big deal. My question to Dakka is would liquid cement for model making be strong enough to adhere to the plastic and bond the two together, and be strong enough I could wear them without fear?

On a side note this seems to be a common place for these headsets to break, as I found this on Ebay. I'm dubious of anything on Ebay, but it seems to be both affordable and exactly what I need.

Speaking of affordable for those who are going to either;

A; Rag on me for buying Turtle Beaches, going on and on about how they are crap, blah blah.

B; Tell me to drop the chips and buy and new headsets (and not Turtle Beach because hurrdurr they are poo)

A; I've never had a problem with X12s, I've had two pairs over the span of 5 years, the first I lost due to simple negligence, my second pair (these ones) I lost because of an accident. I've yet to loose a pair from them actually being "bad", and I tend to be rough with my equipment so, yeah. B; I'm an unemployed, I have no money of my own to afford the repair kit let alone a new pair, I would have by now if I could just do that, believe me.

So what do you think? Could Liquid Cement solve my problem? Or is this kind of plastic just the wrong kind to be even trying this with? I appreciate any feedback.

It's probably the wrong kind of plastic. I would suggest an epoxy glue such as Araldite, or whatever equivalent you have in the U.S.

I think my old man has some other kinds of glues and epoxy from model plane making, my own owned options are:

Hobby Glue

Liquid Cement

Book Binders Glue

Would any of these be suited to the task?

 JakeCWolf wrote:
Rag on me for buying Turtle Beaches, going on and on about how they are crap, blah blah.

I have two pairs of those headphones - ones for my main PC (which I bought 4 years ago), and one for my upstairs one (which I bought 3 years ago). They are my absolute favorite even over ones that cost much, much more.

So, that being said - gluing them is probably out. If it's the swivel that's broken, you could probably remove the screws from the back of that piece, re-route the wire, and drill out a path for a long, thin bolt - like 1/8th". If you do it carefully it should keep the same functionality and cost less than a dollar without looking terrible - assuming I understand what you mean by broken swivel.

I'd probably just spent the $7 for that piece on ebay though.

Try as I might I can't get a good picture of the place it's broken, but this guy broke it in the same place, and had a good enough of a camera to take a picture.

Main difference with me is that swivel is intact and on the headband side, it sheared slightly from the base of the cup holder part. Really leaning towards that Ebay thing, if only I could afford it. Besides that I think there is enough to glue, I just need to know if my glue is the right kind for the job.

 JakeCWolf wrote:
Try as I might I can't get a good picture of the place it's broken, but this guy broke it in the same place, and had a good enough of a camera to take a picture.

Main difference with me is that swivel is intact and on the headband side, it sheared slightly from the base of the cup holder part. Really leaning towards that Ebay thing, if only I could afford it. Besides that I think there is enough to glue, I just need to know if my glue is the right kind for the job.

Well, I'd avoid any sort of plastic solvent - it's iffy. The glues you posted - model cement, PVA glue, and superglue - almost certainly will not work.

I'd go with Gorilla Glue (original, not superglue) - perhaps ask around to see if you can borrow some, or ask your parents to buy you some - it's very handy for fixing stuff around the house and it should run about $3 at lowes, home depot, and so on. You want the thick brown stuff.

Also, I hoped you learned a valuable lesson about the imgur community! It's my favorite image host, but it seems to be infested with morons as far as the comments go. I once posted a picture of my AK with a drum mag, and got into a running argument with someone who swore I didn't know anything about guns, and it was a Finnish Valmet.

 Ouze wrote:
Also, I hoped you learned a valuable lesson about the imgur community! It's my favorite image host, but it seems to be infested with morons as far as the comments go. I once posted a picture of my AK with a drum mag, and got into a running argument with someone who swore I didn't know anything about guns, and it was a Finnish Valmet.

Yeah I had my hunches for quite a while they downvoted just to say they could. Honestly I could give a spent bolter casing less about the comments, I use the site to host images for other places, nothing else.

You'll also want to try and pin it, if you can. Use superglue or two-part epoxy resin.

I doubt plastic modelling glue will be an aggressive enough solvent to weld the plastic (it only works on styrenes).

An ABS or PVC solvent MIGHT do the job (they are often used by plumbers) but they are harder to get.

So what did you wind up doing?