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Re: An unusual Oscilloscope phenomenon

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From: Rich Grise
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:35
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:35:55 -0700, Joerg wrote:
> Rich Grise wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:54:34 -0500, krw wrote:
>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:23:28 GMT, Rich Grise <richgrise@example.net>
>>>> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:13:00 -0700, Joerg wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> swelled and I felt like an engineer. Until I glued the formica onto a 
>>>>> panel that would become the top and I had it slightly skewed ...
>>>> I guess nobody told you about the shims. ;-)
>>> How do shims fix a skewed veneer?
>> 
>> You put the glue on the surface and let it dry, and lay thin pieces of
>> wood across it. Put the glue on the formica, let it dry, and lay it
>> on top of the shims. The shims have no glue, so don't stick. Line
>> the formica up, on top of the shims, and one by one take the shims 
>> out and let the formica stick to the surface.
>> 
>> I've seen it done on those "home improvement"-type TV shows. :-)
> 
> With a fresh can of Henkel Pattex glue the shims may never come out again.

Well, then I guess using Henkel Pattex glue isn't all that great an idea. ;-)

Use just plain ol' ordinary common off-the-shelf "contact cement", and
let it DRY before you start placing the shims. Come to think of it,
when I was a video game tech, the shipping guy used to do it to the
sides of video games when they'd convert a cabinet from one game to
another.

Cheers!
Rich
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