Replacing Grpping Hands from Vintage to 40th hands

Hi Guys hope this helps,

its a pain when the old gripping hands go hard fingers snap off, when i was replacing the gripping hands i found the Pegs for the new ones are slightly bigger and it is a very tight fit and very hard to twist sometimes it splits the wrist hole   , when doing this the 40th hands came off from there pegs      

so i glued them on to the old Pegs and they fit and move great twist good,

Pair of new 40th Grippers


Vam no grippers,,, but you got to hand it to him  

Small Plastic Bottle Adhesive, and can is the Activator


Hold the peg between fnger and thumb tight, and with the other hand between thumb and finger twist and pull there will be no damage to grippers.


Adhesive to top of Peg as shown in photo.... NOTE keep Adhesive away from joint



Spray Activator into grippers hole,



and then push Gripper onto peg hold in position for about 10 seconds



repeat process on the other hand and Vam with grippers is ready to go back into action  


It is alot better with the old pegs than the new ones

well i hope this helps you guys out as ithas me with my vams

I've got to hand it to you that's a great tip.

Cappy wrote:

I've got to hand it to you that's a great tip.

Thanks Brian lmao

superb wolfie! great how to!

Blondeactionman wrote:

superb wolfie! great how to!

Many thanks Dal

Good step by step guide, wolfie, and a great idea!  

I've been doing that for ages, i even tried sanding down the new pegs, but they just pull out too easy. Your way is definitely the way to go

Great tip thanks!

Great stuff Mark! Also a good way to keep the vam as vintage as possible!

great tip i must look out for that glue

Thanks for the great tip Mark the glue you use looks like a wood glue does it dry hard or does it have a soft rubbery finish

It drys hard Ian and stick anything it doesn't do any damage to the grippers

Wolf_Soldier64 wrote:

It drys hard Ian and stick anything it doesn't do any damage to the grippers

Nice one Mate where do you get it from??

Hawkeye wrote:

Wolf_Soldier64 wrote:

It drys hard Ian and stick anything it doesn't do any damage to the grippers

Nice one Mate where do you get it from??

Hi Ian, I get it from a comany called Howdens Joinery