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Re: Gluing the strips
By:Don Beale
Date: 5/1/1998, 11:55 am
In Response To: Re: Gluing the strips (Nick Schade)

Perhaps an ignorant suggestion - what about the "fast-cure" epoxies which come in a set of two syringes and require little mixing? Has anyone experimented with this?

> In purely practical terms, white/yellow/brown glue is so much
> easier to deal with than epoxy, that the loss of strength in a generally
> rare occurance does get me too worked up. These glues are cheap, easy
> to use, strong, and non-toxic. Epoxy is expensive, hard to use, strong,
> and toxic. Polyurethane glue (Gorilla et. al.) is expensive, messy,
> strong and toxic.

Messages In This Thread

Re: Gluing the strips
Nick Schade -- 4/30/1998, 7:42 pm
Re: Gluing the strips
Don Beale -- 5/1/1998, 11:55 am
Re: Gluing the strips
Paul Jacobson -- 5/4/1998, 12:58 pm
Re: Gluing the strips
Mark Kanzler -- 5/5/1998, 11:40 am
Re: Gluing the strips
Mark Kanzler -- 5/5/1998, 1:09 pm
Re: Gluing the strips
Mark Kanzler -- 5/6/1998, 12:59 am
Re: How about this...
Don Kerr -- 5/5/1998, 1:35 am
Re: How about this...
Nick Schade -- 5/5/1998, 5:13 pm
Re: How about this...
Mark Kanzler -- 5/5/1998, 6:06 pm
Re: Gluing the strips
Nick Schade -- 5/2/1998, 10:53 pm
fast epoxy for gluing strips
Paul Jacobson -- 5/2/1998, 12:11 pm
Re: I shoulda gotta patent.
Mark Kanzler -- 5/4/1998, 3:49 pm
Re: Gluing the strips
Mark Kanzler -- 5/2/1998, 12:15 am
Re: Gluing the strips
NPenney -- 5/1/1998, 6:40 am