Racerxc70 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Is it possible to replace flints on vintage space guns and robots that are not "pressed"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Yes, but you have to use a soft flint. The flints that you can buy for lighter's will not work very well or at all in most cases as they are a very hard flint. So you have to buy a repro sparking toy to rob the flint from . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrarobotman Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hi, Racerxc70! I have already replaced flints in gun and small robot wind-ups, as long as the toy had tabs to open and separate. The flint that I used were slightly larger in size than the original,and I had to use a thumb-drill to carefully drill the hole larger on the moving tab that holds the flint. If you decide to try this, be careful not to drill the hole too big(unless you have the same size) also, be very careful not to bend any of the thin metal parts; I wrecked a toy by doing this, but was successful other times. Hope this helps, it is great to get them sparking again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 . I remember somebody, FJW I think, suggesting that the replacement flint could be epoxied in place, directly to the old flint stub, if need be. In some cases, the robot doesn't even need to be opened up to accomplish this. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerxc70 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Thank you all for your help, I'll let you know how it turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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