No consolation Ken but I only just finished this a few days ago in time for the Bromley Pageant today.....I am sure the JB Weld will be fine...and also sure it would have been easier for me to do it that way..What I didn't say was I trashed one set of lights doing it my way which I could have avoided using glue instead of wire.
"You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline – it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons but at the very least you need a beer"
- Frank Zappa