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Re: acrylic glueing
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: acrylic glueing
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From: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com (Jim Fosse)
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 04:27:48 GMT
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tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com On Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:32:00 +0700, you
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>Subject: acrylic glueing
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>I am now working with acrylic on my formless coil. I recall someone talking
>of cracks forming when glueing acrylic. Could someone refresh me on that so I
>do not repeat the same mistakes.
>I would also like to ask why do you need to seal the tube at the ends?
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> Kevin M. Conkey
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>P.S.
> This acrylic potting compound I am using is great! (Castolite AP
>Acrylic-Polyester casting plastic) Very hard, strong, and beautifully clear.
>I tried a 2nd coil and found out that it accepts several coats if you wished
>an extreamly thick coil.
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Kevin,
If you have got some of it left over, make a small plate of it
on some saran wrap or polyethylene and use that plate as a test
subject.
jim