Sup /diy/, I have a home gym, and I got these rubber bumpler

>>961608
The fuck do they do? I'd try some heat with a roll of PLA printer filament.

>>961608
contact cement, and then clamp it piece by piece with wood clamps?

Just drill some holes and screw them together with some washers, nuts, and bolts.

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>>961609

>>961608
The stuff you repair wetsuits with

>>961611
I don't want to use anything that'll change the weight of it too much. Are you suggesting I leave the clamps on forever?

>>961612
Shear forces travel through the plates. I think that might just cause more rips over time.

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Here's what happened with duct tape...

>>961632
I'm sorry for your loss, lad, I'm afraid if duct tape failed then there's not much else that anyone can do

Fill the empty space with hot glue that do it and clamp it and remove excess and possibly cover it with tape

>>961652
The trouble is that you drop these things, and they are heavy, they need to withstand a bit of abuse

>>961608
Just stop dropping them. The negative pose of the movement is important too.

Just glue it with a strong adhesive/contact cement and clamp the sides while they dry. Any additional weight added by the glue would be negligible, and if you are that bothered by the extra weight you could drill some holes after the repair to reduce the weight.

>>961692
I wouldn't worry about fixing them if I weren't gonna drop them. Oly lifts just require me to end with dropping them.
But what glue do you suggest? Might combine >>961652
with your method to see if that'll work.

Drill em out, epoxy in some rebar.

>>961814
The bumper plates have weight in them. A concentric circle. And the weight goes to about the the inner circle before they convex out to the standard plate width. I don't thing drilling near the edge is a good idea because it's likely to just cause even bigger tears.

>>961692
>bumper plates
>just stop dropping them

Dropping them is precisely what they're for, you silly goose. They're for big Olympic lifts like clean and jerk where attempting to lower it gently to the ground after a successful lift would result in hilarity and injury.