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What do you do while the glue dries?
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Work on another rocket.
Stare at it really hard to make it dry faster.
Watch the chrome rust on my car.
Scott_650
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Rob has the answer - though I try to have less than a half-dozen projects in-workā¦but that rarely happens
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I can get into a cycle where I glue something, go to work, come home, glue something, go to bed, sleep, get up, glue something, go to work...
Kinda works for one-at-a-time fins & fillets.
Kinda works for one-at-a-time fins & fillets.
MidOH
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(Laughs in 5min epoxy)
(Scratches weird skin allergy)
(Scratches weird skin allergy)
In younger days, Iād drink a beer, listen to some Zeppelin and prep the next part.
Now, I wonder what it is Iām supposed to be doing. āI swear I was doing somethingā¦ā
Now, I wonder what it is Iām supposed to be doing. āI swear I was doing somethingā¦ā
Sniff CA.
Do the laundry.
Fold some plates.
Realise sniffing CA is not a good ideaā¦
Do the laundry.
Fold some plates.
Realise sniffing CA is not a good ideaā¦
Try to reach the debonder on the shelf with one hand without taking my other hand off the workbench.
I usually build more than one at a time so after I've put a fillet on one I can start working on one of the others. (I do a lot of glue fillets.) But I also have plenty of other things to do- youtube, sleep, my actual day job, run errands, house repairs, woodworking, ...
lr64
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Once stepped on a dropped CA bottle on a wood floor when I was barefoot and alone in the house. Managed to peel my foot off without losing too many layers of skin, but it was kind of alarming until I got free.
In the past I would work on another rocket and another. I had to stop doing that because I was running out of ceiling space. Now I just do something else like watch You Tube.
In a slightly weird coincidence, I was just recounting the time I did this to some co-workers earlier today. I did it about 25 years ago. The skin stayed on the floor until we moved out of that house, so far as I know, it's still there...
lakeroadster
When in doubt... build hell-for-stout!
Take photo's and update my build thread.
Build a mini Alpha and a mini Bertha. No glue. No painting. Took longer to order than it did to build.
Eat supper, watch a movie, read a book, walk around the block...
MidOH
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Lies. All lies.
Real answer:
Sand
Sand
Sand
Scuff
Polish
Sand
Sand
Sand
Real answer:
Sand
Sand
Sand
Scuff
Polish
Sand
Sand
Sand
Swear profusely as it dries in the bowl while Iām still applying it. Looking at you, Gorilla Glue.
Why is Gorilla Glue in a Bowl? It will start drying [foams] as soon as water in the air hits it.
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I don't understand it either but I watch youtube videos for woodworking and a lot of woodworkers do that. They have a little bowl with glue in it and spread it with a small painntbrush. Seems to me that this would be more things to clean when you finish.
lr64
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I think that whether the glue in the bowl makes sense may depend on the humidity and the temperature. In the middle of winter it might work quite well.
There's an interesting way to use CA that involves putting some in a plastic bottlecap, or a depression in aluminum foil, or something like that. If it's dry, it lasts for quite a while. One grinds off half the eye of a needle, sticks it in a cork, and uses it to pick up and apply a controlled amount of glue. Periodically, it's necessary to go outside and hold the "fork" over a flame to clean it off. DO NOT to that part indoors, unless you have a hood, paint booth, etc.
There's an interesting way to use CA that involves putting some in a plastic bottlecap, or a depression in aluminum foil, or something like that. If it's dry, it lasts for quite a while. One grinds off half the eye of a needle, sticks it in a cork, and uses it to pick up and apply a controlled amount of glue. Periodically, it's necessary to go outside and hold the "fork" over a flame to clean it off. DO NOT to that part indoors, unless you have a hood, paint booth, etc.
You know, just stuff...
Idiots that play with bulls deserve the horns.
I can see that with wood glue maybe, but not water activated polyurethane that Foams.
I thought that was what pipettes are for? https://www.amazon.com/moveland-Pipettes-Disposable-Graduated-Essential/dp/B0C4JV8MZJ
No need to clean and inflame a dangerous to breath [when they flash] Cyanic glue. Just dispose of.
beeblebrox
8 C6-0, 12 D11-9, 20 D20-0, 20 E5-0, 3 Cinerocs
Wait for the next 3D printed part to finish...
1. Start Print
2. Whilst printing, glue stuff
3. Glue is still not cured, and the print will be done tomorrow...lol
4. Drink Beer...
1. Start Print
2. Whilst printing, glue stuff
3. Glue is still not cured, and the print will be done tomorrow...lol
4. Drink Beer...
Buy more rockets.
lr64
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Well, that's why I said to do it outside. I use pipettes more often, but I think the half ground needle eye actually gives better control.
Walther PPK in .380. James Bond's gun after they took away his Beretta.
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