Fwd: gluing Solidscape models together

From: ElZippy@aol.com
Date: Thu Apr 24 2003 - 02:21:44 EEST


Heba needs to spend less time on this mailing list... more time creating
inane pieces of.... well... here is an example...

In a message dated 4/23/2003 6:33:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sheba@bathsheba.com writes:

>
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 ElZippy@aol.com wrote:
> >I have been using Sanders machines for 7 years now (MM6, MM2, RTM) and
> have
> >tried numerous methods of bonding this " very expensive, highly
> proprietary
> >thermoplastic/wax" build material.
>
> ...known to its friends as "wax".
>
> >glue has been successful on some geometries. Epoxy too. Since we use
> this
> >machine exclusively to make casting patterns the answer has usually been
> to
> >make a big ugly (but robust) repair then clean up the casting.
>
> Yep. Another good answer is to build the model again and don't drop it
> this time.
>
> -Sheba
> --
> Bathsheba Grossman phone (831)429-8224, fax (831)460-1242
> Sculpting geometry bathsheba.com
> Solidscape prototyping protoshape.com
>
>
>


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On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 ElZippy@aol.com wrote:
> I have been using Sanders machines for 7 years now (MM6, MM2, RTM) and have
> tried numerous methods of bonding this " very expensive, highly proprietary
> thermoplastic/wax" build material.

...known to its friends as "wax".

> glue has been successful on some geometries. Epoxy too. Since we use this
> machine exclusively to make casting patterns the answer has usually been to
> make a big ugly (but robust) repair then clean up the casting.

Yep. Another good answer is to build the model again and don't drop it
this time.

-Sheba

--
Bathsheba Grossman                 phone (831)429-8224, fax (831)460-1242
Sculpting geometry                                          bathsheba.com
Solidscape prototyping                                     protoshape.com


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