Re: [ATM] Gluing Aluminum to wood

["Don D'Egidio" <djd521@comcast.net>]

How about soaking the edge with super glue. We used that technique with balsa wood when threads
needed to be tapped into the wood. Also worked very well for basswood.

Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RodShea" <RodShea@comcast.net>
To: "Lawrence D. Lopez" <lopez@mv.mv.com>
Cc: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 10:10
Subject: Re: [ATM] Gluing Aluminum to wood


> I'd second this.  Liquid Nails is a brand of construction adhesive,
> available in cartridges and tubes, and in several flavors, depending on what
> you are gluing to what.  It is thick, tolerates gaps, and is meant to glue
> things that might move a bit, that is, the bond is not fragile at all.
> Another possibility would be an epoxy that is a bit flexible as well.
> Places that sell stuff for building airplanes may have this.
>
> Stepping back a bit, I have a motorized Starmaster, which uses a
> spring-loaded knurled cylinder bearing against a varnished 5 ply 3/4"
> plywood disc.  Seems to work fine.  An upmarket version of this might be
> ApplePly or a similar <flat> hardwood ply plywood ring with the edges soaked
> in a low viscosity laminating epoxy, like those by West Systems ( no
> connection, etc, but the stuff is optimized for wood).  I'd think this would
> work to harden the edge, like soaking the end of a cardboard dob tube in
> epoxy , and avoid the whole issue the aluminum.
>
> Rod


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