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Bonding metal to wood [message #29703] Fri, 09 December 2005 10:14 Go to next message
colinhester is currently offline  colinhester
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Anyone know of a product that will bond copper to MDF? Would Gorilla glue work?.....Colin

Re: Bonding metal to wood [message #29704 is a reply to message #29703] Fri, 09 December 2005 12:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bill Epstein is currently offline  Bill Epstein
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It should but it has that creeping foam shit thing that it does.
Better to use 2 part epoxy: JBWeld, etc. Only drawback is black glue line. Powdered urea formaldehyde aka Resorcinol dries brown, works almost as well but known to cause .......but only if you use it in Calif or N.J.

Re: Bonding metal to wood [message #29705 is a reply to message #29703] Fri, 09 December 2005 13:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bill Martinelli is currently offline  Bill Martinelli
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You could use 3M 5200. It's mostly used in marine applications but bonds anything to anything for ever. comes in a metal tube like calk and is expensive. Like Bill said exoxy would be a good choice too.

Re: Bonding metal to wood [message #29706 is a reply to message #29704] Fri, 09 December 2005 13:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Smooth-On might work well. I've used it to bond metal sleeves of takedown bows to the wood riser sections. A lot more stresses involved in that situation than most. Also, MT-13 might work.

Re: Bonding metal to wood [message #29707 is a reply to message #29706] Fri, 09 December 2005 16:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bill Epstein is currently offline  Bill Epstein
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Not familiar with these; tell us about them?

Re: Bonding metal to wood [message #29708 is a reply to message #29707] Sat, 10 December 2005 08:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Shane is currently offline  Shane
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I've used the MT-13 resin epoxy to glue on metal takedown sleeves for Cherokee style archery bows and it is a great, water proof glue. Very, very strong.

What I call Smooth-On is thier standard PC-3 epoxy. You can use it as is and let it cure under clamping pressure for 24 hours which is what I've done, but a lot of guys use them for gluing fiberglass laminates under heat and pressure (cures quicker) when making fiberglass recurve bows. It will leave a black-brown line. This is an epoxy you can probably get locally if you live in a good size city.

They are both great glues.


Re: Bonding metal to wood [message #29719 is a reply to message #29705] Thu, 12 January 2006 10:00 Go to previous message
Paul C. is currently offline  Paul C.
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E6000 craft glue. It is sold in craft shops and Walmart craft dept. It is described by the mfg as a "SBR adhesive". Styrene Butadyene Rubber. It is clear. It has a slight flex, much firmer than silicone glues, but not brittle like epoxy.

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