I'm building my own triangular spider out of wood and aluminum. I plan to use screws to hold the metal vanes to the wooden block but I'd also like to apply glue to it as well. Can anyone recommend a wood to aluminum glue they have used and had good results with?
Aluminum to Wood
Started by Falling-leif, 01/12/2004 07:26PM
Posted 01/12/2004 07:26PM
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Posted 01/12/2004 08:07PM
#1
Leif, I would think a good, slow-curing epoxy would work well. But not if you want to disassemble it some day!
Doug Scobel
Doug Scobel
Posted 01/12/2004 08:08PM
#2
Hello, I had to glue in a piece of threaded rod in a hole drilled out of wood. I used carpenters glue, and the threaded rod came loose after a very short while. I would'nt use for metal/wood applications.
Then I used Lepages 5 minute epoxy #12 syringe glue I bought at Home Depot and it worked great. It says it is good for metal and wood, glass, ceramic, concrete, and some plastics.
You could also use Lepages 5 minute epoxy #10 epoxy steel syringe glue, which is best used with metal, but on the package it says that you can use it for wood as well. The #10 epoxy steel worked great when I had to glue tight a bolt so it would'nt come loose. The bolt was first threaded into a tapped threaded hole which I had put into an aluminum angle bracket. This glue becomes like rock hard metal after hardening.
Brien
Then I used Lepages 5 minute epoxy #12 syringe glue I bought at Home Depot and it worked great. It says it is good for metal and wood, glass, ceramic, concrete, and some plastics.
You could also use Lepages 5 minute epoxy #10 epoxy steel syringe glue, which is best used with metal, but on the package it says that you can use it for wood as well. The #10 epoxy steel worked great when I had to glue tight a bolt so it would'nt come loose. The bolt was first threaded into a tapped threaded hole which I had put into an aluminum angle bracket. This glue becomes like rock hard metal after hardening.
Brien
Posted 01/12/2004 11:44PM
#3
Leif,
I've used urethane glue [Gorilla, etc.] to glue different things, like vinyl flooring, glass, wood, plastic, metal.
It cures with moisture, from the atmosphere or by dampening the surfaces to be bonded, and it tends to foam a bit sometimes; but it will glue deer guts to a doorknob [i.e., nearly anything!] It has *slight* flexibility when cured.
I've used urethane glue [Gorilla, etc.] to glue different things, like vinyl flooring, glass, wood, plastic, metal.
It cures with moisture, from the atmosphere or by dampening the surfaces to be bonded, and it tends to foam a bit sometimes; but it will glue deer guts to a doorknob [i.e., nearly anything!] It has *slight* flexibility when cured.
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