CA glue

[Farrell]

Oops, sorry Annie. I sent my sheer strength comment before I had read yours! Needless to say, I agree with you! Welcome to the list. Hope to hear from you again.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annie Grieshop" <grieshop@n-connect.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:22 PM
Subject: RE: CA glue


> CA has little sheer strength -- that's a given -- which is why the clock
> fell off the wall and the handle came off the cup.  Where you smacking folks
> with the ruler? <g>
> 
> Another adhesives question:  what would the most likely adhesive have been
> on 1948 ivorine keytops (and, of course, what's the appropriate solvent)?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Annie
> in Iowa, new to the list
> 
> >   I used a bottle of CA on several projects several years ago.  A plastic
> > clock on the wall, a wooden ruler, a pencil holder cup, etc.
> > About a year
> > ago, the clock fell off the wall. A week later, the handle came
> > off the cup,
> > and about two or three weeks after that,  the ruler broke.
> >   I don't think CA is all that long term, but what I have seen in
> > blocks is
> > great.  I also think that the increased torque in a pinblock comes from
> > increasing the surface area between the pin and the wood more
> > than "swelling"
> > the wood.
> > Regards,
> > Ed Foote
> 
> 
>