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Re: S&G: Brass stems
By:Rehd
Date: 6/6/2002, 10:18 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: Brass stems (Patsy)

: Sounds good on the screws. Thanks.

: I really have no idea why the epoxy in those two joints didn't harden but
: they shifted because the stitching and forms put pressure on them. I put
: my new heat gun on the worst one last night and was able to pull it
: completely apart. With more heat gun use, it was relatively easy to use a
: cabinet scraper to remove the old gummy stuff. So now I'll just cut the
: wires and take the rest of the panel off and reglue that scarf joint.
: Maybe we just did a bad job on that mix. We're using RAKA. The others seem
: to be holding fine, so I assume we just screwed one up.

Glad to hear that you've gone back and done a "proper" repair on this and not just cut and sand elsewhere to force things to fit. :)

: I went out yesterday and picked up some 10 ml syringes and medicine size
: measuring cups for doing small batches. Will try to pay close attention on
: the bigger batches too. Do you mark those plastic cups somehow?

If you can't find premeasured cups then these will work just fine. Get something you know to be measured accurately and pour measured amounts into your cups and mark them on the outside with a marker.

Good Luck... and what's next on the repair side of things?? Have you worked out the cracked panel yet?

Rehd

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Brass stems
Patsy -- 6/4/2002, 2:08 pm
Re: S&G: Brass stems
daren neufeld -- 6/4/2002, 8:54 pm
Re: S&G: Brass stems
Patsy -- 6/6/2002, 9:02 am
Re: S&G: Brass stems
daren neufeld -- 6/6/2002, 8:41 pm
Re: S&G: Brass stems
John B. -- 6/4/2002, 8:34 pm
Re: S&G: Brass stems
Patsy -- 6/6/2002, 9:00 am
Re: S&G: Brass stems
Rehd -- 6/6/2002, 10:18 am
Re: S&G: Brass stems
Myrl Tanton -- 6/6/2002, 12:40 pm
Re: S&G: Brass stems
Patsy -- 6/6/2002, 1:19 pm
Re: Measuring epoxy
John B. -- 6/6/2002, 10:34 pm
Re: S&G: Brass stems
Patsy -- 6/6/2002, 12:31 pm
Re: S&G: Brass stems
Myrl Tanton -- 6/6/2002, 12:44 pm
Re: S&G: Brass stems
Patsy -- 6/6/2002, 1:22 pm
Re: S&G: Brass stems
Myrl Tanton -- 6/4/2002, 2:31 pm