We walk you through how to repair plastic parts, step by step, this month. Read about it at hotrod.com or in the January 2013 issue of Hot Rod Magazine.

Most plastic welding kits seem to use a specialized tool that looks like the child of a soldering iron and a hot glue gun that ranges from $30-150. It's nice to know that friction welding works well.

Because these welding rods are much bigger than the usual plastic filament, this extruder also has the option for a very beefy NEMA 23 motor.

One repair method is plastic welding. Using a tool similar to a soldering iron and plastic filler rod, you can fill holes or fix cracks like this.

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