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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