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Testing Adhesives

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madwilliamflintmadwilliamflint 07/24/2023 at 21:050 Comments

I'm going to need to glue/epoxy/fasten some kind of scaffolding into the inside of the case to fasten all of this stuff to.  

BUT I don't know SQUAT about adhesives between wood and plastic.  What's going to degrade meaningfully with heat? What's so solvent-rich that it'll just melt through the plastic?  Etc.  

Right now I've got a similar case of the same material with about 2"x2" blocks of poplar glued to the front to test different options.  The ones I've got are:

- Tightbond 3  (A truly spectacular  wood glue I've used for a decade or more.)

- Gorilla Glue Clear.  Because....it was there and is pretty easily available.  this is the one I'm hoping will work.

- Harbor Freight's CA glue.  We'll see.  I don't have that fast-activator stuff that people always seem to have on hand for CA glue in youtube videos.

- JB Weld "Clear Weld".  I hate working with 2 part epoxies and such.  But it's got a good bet of being as good if not better than the Gorilla Glue.

I'll post results of that tomorrow. 

Just wanted to actually post an update since things have been happening even though I haven't been posting.

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