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Article #384Re: Need Suggestions For Glueing Styrene to Wood
From: C. D. Tavares
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:40
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:40
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In article <SDupa.59.0@xview.csuohio.edu>, SDupa@xview.csuohio.edu (Scott Hewis) writes: > I am currently working on a project that includes having to glue a styrene > bridge pier to a wooden support base (wood along the back and the bottom), > and am having some difficulty getting a good solid glue joint any and all > suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I can tell you what I used to use for styrene to wood or paper on competition model rockets. Mix up a 50-50 mix of Ambroid and tube-type plastic cement. The joint is pretty secure, but will flex like chewing gum if twisted, so after two applications of the stuff I would run a small skin of five-minute epoxy on it to stiffen the joint. These joints are solid -- I once had a 3/16" styrene fin tear in half (rather than tearing off at the glue joint) when it clipped an overhead obstruction at launch. -- cdt@rocket.sw.stratus.com --If you believe that I speak for my company, OR cdt@vos.stratus.com write today for my special Investors' Packet...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!transfer.stratus.com!sw.stratus.com!cdt From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares) Newsgroups: rec.models.scale Subject: Re: Need Suggestions For Glueing Styrene to Wood Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:40:08 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc. Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1jn1n8INNobv@transfer.stratus.com> References: <SDupa.59.0@xview.csuohio.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rocket.sw.stratus.com