Using CA with the CF instead of epoxy? Hmmm this is new to me (not that that means anything).
I must have left that part out of my other correspondence, and apologize for that.
The CA works incredibly well with the CF, as long as you are properly prepared to handle it in the amount of time you have to work with it.
It is incredibly noxious, as it should be, and obviously you'll need a respirator with cartridges and muffs on them, as well as a breeze and being outdoors so you don't kill your living area and pets and children.
The CA sets the CF onto surfaces like a champ, and since it is fairly quick, you can make another part if you screw one up and it does not ruin your schedule. I have yet to screw one up, but it is only a matter of time.
This project focuses me on making multiple identical parts, plus it gives me a new tool, so I chose it for those purposes.
The Fin Jig will not be exposed to supersonic flight or incredibly varied gravity, so it is ok that CA tends to not flex and becomes brittle if it does. I suspect that the jig I'm building will still be in use 1000 years from now. I hope that much anyhow.
When the jig is complete, I plan on seeing if the CA/CF pressing method stands up to the wear of actual flying models.
I know it will at my scale, but I'm trying to get someone on-board to test it on a real Mach-Plus Capable rocket.
I've already chosen my flyer, but they have real life to contend with too, so I am patiently awaiting their response.
It can be sealed with epoxy too, just like when I made my Son's Ipod Case. Forming it is just so easy with CA, and when you have wet it out, there is no excess layer that tempts you to get out the sand paper.
The parts make new and unique sounds when they bang together in the gallon Zip-lock I put them in.
When that yard of cloth you gave me runs out, I'm going to have to get another of that same and some other samples of varying aspect weight and brand-wise. This stuff is absolutely incredible.
When I hand someone a part I made, they handle it gingerly, as if it might be fragile, and then I ask them to try to break it. They hesitate, but I encourage them to try, and when they do, they look at me like they have just seen a ghost.
They are entirely confused by the parts, and think it a trick. I love it!:tongue:
