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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
 | | Subject: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:21 am | |
| Anone know how to fix a snapped dart Or is it snapped for life  |
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Rebel
Posts : 2502
Join date : 2012-02-05
Age : 50
Location : UK
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:28 am | |
| Never heard of or seen a snapped dart Ben, that must have gone with a bang.
Only thing I can think off the top of my head is sending one of the other 2 darts to a custom dart maker and getting them to make a verbatim copy from that, as for the broken dart I would guess it is doomed.
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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:39 am | |
| Sorry snapped point thought I said that in the opening post  |
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Rebel
Posts : 2502
Join date : 2012-02-05
Age : 50
Location : UK
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:42 am | |
| Ah, a snapped point, you can change a snapped point quite easily as long as it is not snapped right down to the barrel.
I once snapped a point about 2mm from the barrel and a member of another forum kindly changed the point for me as I didnt have the right tool.
However if its snapped flush with the barrel I think the only way is to machine drill it out, someone on here may have done that and be able to advise if thats the case. |
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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:47 am | |
| If you what you mean is you can't see the point at all without looking into the barrel
Then yes it's fully taken off |
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Bigshow
Posts : 1216
Join date : 2012-01-25
Age : 42
Location : Éire
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:52 am | |
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I know that Madhouse Darts do drilling so they would be worth a punt.
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Bigshow
Posts : 1216
Join date : 2012-01-25
Age : 42
Location : Éire
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:54 am | |
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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:58 am | |
| I've contacted A180 about it |
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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:59 am | |
| Thanks BigShow and Rebel for the help |
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Rebel
Posts : 2502
Join date : 2012-02-05
Age : 50
Location : UK
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:07 am | |
| Hope you get it sorted mate  |
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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:10 am | |
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Jimbo21
Posts : 1706
Join date : 2012-08-10
Age : 59
Location : Adelaide
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:23 am | |
| Good luck getting it fixed mate. Years ago I snapped a point of close to the barrel and ended up throwing them out and buying a new set. Was a sad day that one. |
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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:41 pm | |
| Any other set that's what I would have done but really want to get these fixed as I am really improving with these |
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buzz180
Posts : 15
Join date : 2012-09-17
Location : South Wales
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:53 pm | |
| Both A180, and Madhouse are great at sorting this.
Storm points are the worse for doing this, but if you contact Target direct, they will norm sort it for free.
Hope A180 sort it for you m8. Out of interest how much do they charge for doing it ?? |
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Lefty544
Posts : 1788
Join date : 2012-01-27
Age : 40
Location : NJ
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:06 am | |
| please do keep us posted on whether or not they can sort it for you and how much. A friend of mine recently ran into the same problem and I need to find out for them if it is worth sending out to be fixed. |
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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:28 am | |
| A180 will do it but only if the point is 3mm out.
So bad news considering mine is fully off.
I will contact MadHouse darts shortly |
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Saber
Posts : 5689
Join date : 2012-01-09
Location : Palm Coast,Florida 32137
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:31 am | |
| - benfitz wrote:
- A180 will do it but only if the point is 3mm out.
So bad news considering mine is fully off.
I will contact MadHouse darts shortly maybe buy another set then u have 2 spares. Just an idea mate. |
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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:59 am | |
| Yeah they are a cheap enough dart.
I will try and get some prices to fix them first and if it's not worth the hassle I'll just buy a set |
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benfitz
Posts : 164
Join date : 2012-08-13
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:06 am | |
| Mad House want £25 including postage to Ireland
When the dart costs £15 |
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Lefty544
Posts : 1788
Join date : 2012-01-27
Age : 40
Location : NJ
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:08 am | |
| ooooh, that's a big negative. I don't think I will be taking them up on that either... |
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Bigshow
Posts : 1216
Join date : 2012-01-25
Age : 42
Location : Éire
| | Subject: Re: Snapped Dart Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:41 am | |
| - benfitz wrote:
- Mad House want £25 including postage to Ireland
When the dart costs £15 That's well steep. I thought they done it for a tenner plus a fiver for the points. |
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