At 9:46 PM -0400 5/22/03, Farrell wrote:
>Another thing to keep in mind with epoxy - it relies on a mechanical
>bond between wood and epoxy and between metal and epoxy. It is
>recommended by West System that when bonding with epoxy to metal
>that the metal surface be sanded rough, coated with thin epoxy, and
>the epoxy sanded into the metal for the most secure bond.
Oh boy, this sounds like a job for a compulsive-obsessive!
>A nice new shiny bridge pin is not likely to establish a good bond
>to epoxy. I can chip epoxy off any glossy surface real easy when I
>get waste on it - my floor, table top, etc.
Are we really depending on the epoxy to glue the pin in the hole? I
thought we just wanted a tight fit, using epoxy's gap-filling
abilities. A pin in a raw maple hole isn't being glued in.
Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.
"I gotta go ta woik...."
...........Ian Shoales, Duck's Breath Mystery Theater
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