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@slim_boy_fat Might well do, but it's expensive isn't it?
I'll PM you, maybe we can do a deal and I think it's worth a proper test.
I'll PM you, maybe we can do a deal and I think it's worth a proper test.
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Carried out the test on the three samples I glued on Monday night
Very sophisticated test equipment (not) but you have to use what you have available.
The three plastic blocks were cut from the same strip and glued to the same length of flat bar.
I didn't do any cleaning and the plastic was as it came out of the overhead saw.
The test was to clamp the bar in the vice fit stillstons over the block and add weight until it twists off.
First up was the most expensive glue and supposed to be suitable to glue plastic bumpers, trim and the like.
Megabond, methyl methacrylate adhesive.
Started adding weight and it let go when I had added 662g of bolts.
The basket and the free end of the Stillstons were780g so total was 1442g at a 255mm lever arm.
Next was the Polyurethane wood glue.
I ran out of bolts and had to add lumps of steel and then topped it up wit the bolts again
This required 12.271kgs of weight to break away, way more than I was expecting.
Finally the Gorilla epoxy
Had to change the position of the bar in the vice to get the basket to hang in free space.
I also had to gather up more scrap.
This took a whopping 17.67kgs to break.
Very pleased with the results
The PU or Epoxy will work fine for my application
Very sophisticated test equipment (not) but you have to use what you have available.
The three plastic blocks were cut from the same strip and glued to the same length of flat bar.
I didn't do any cleaning and the plastic was as it came out of the overhead saw.
The test was to clamp the bar in the vice fit stillstons over the block and add weight until it twists off.
First up was the most expensive glue and supposed to be suitable to glue plastic bumpers, trim and the like.
Megabond, methyl methacrylate adhesive.
Started adding weight and it let go when I had added 662g of bolts.
The basket and the free end of the Stillstons were780g so total was 1442g at a 255mm lever arm.
Next was the Polyurethane wood glue.
I ran out of bolts and had to add lumps of steel and then topped it up wit the bolts again
This required 12.271kgs of weight to break away, way more than I was expecting.
Finally the Gorilla epoxy
Had to change the position of the bar in the vice to get the basket to hang in free space.
I also had to gather up more scrap.
This took a whopping 17.67kgs to break.
Very pleased with the results
The PU or Epoxy will work fine for my application
