Gluing help and ideas needed.....

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treadhead - 16 Sep 2010 01:10 GMT

Hi Gang,
A friend of mine gave me an idea about making my own gimble mounts for
my warbirds. It involves small chrome covered magnets and small ball
bearings. I need suggestions on gluing the magnet to the clear plastic
stand-offs. Also for gluing the ball bearing to the bottom of the
warbird.
Thanks in advance,
Jonesy

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Don Stauffer - 16 Sep 2010 14:27 GMT

> Hi Gang,
> A friend of mine gave me an idea about making my own gimble mounts for
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Thanks in advance,
> Jonesy

For gluing dissimilar materials the first thing that always comes to
mind is CA. The second thing is epoxy.

I have glued magnets to things with hot glue, but that may not work well
gluing it to plastic.

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Val Kraut - 16 Sep 2010 15:04 GMT

I would try CA and or Epoxy - the key world here is try. I've worked with
both that just don't take to specific surfaces. What bothers me here is a
shiny chrome surface. You might try roughing it on the area to be bonded.
Also CA can fog clear near the glue area. So what I'm suggesting is a basic
test - do a test setup - let it set for a week and then test for strength.

Val Kraut

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willshak - 17 Sep 2010 14:01 GMT

treadhead wrote the following:

> Hi Gang,
> A friend of mine gave me an idea about making my own gimble mounts for
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Jonesy
>

I have to ask. Why do you need a gimbal mount?

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