Re: 04 Gluing acrylic (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: 12 Sep 2003 10:27:02 -0600
From: Wayne Green <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 04 Gluing acrylic (fwd)

On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 22:53, High Voltage list wrote:

> > From: B2 <bensonbd@xxxxxxx>
>
> > Acrylic...Acetone works for me.  Getting the bubbles out takes a lot of practice.
> >
>
> A problem with solvents for this case is that there are metal sectors
> between the plates (aluminum foil). They are just a small fraction of mm

I got a cheap book on building an injection molding machine. Seems there
is a whole class of thermo-plastics that melt around standard house oven
temps. The fumes "smell like wax", well -- that includes the drop
sheets used by painters. Comes in various thicknesses. You could
build a sandwich and press between thick metal plates. eat in
the oven.

I have welded polyethylene sheet with a heat gun to make large dust
covers for my shop machinery. Buy a cheap toaster oven from
the thrift store, could practice with that.

Another plastic to try might be polystyrene available in hobby stores
in thin sheet form. Already has bubbles removed.

I believe both have reasonable electrical insulating properties, though
someone (Terry?) might have more to say.

>
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