<div dir="ltr">Thanks Peter,<div><br></div><div>Given your feedback I decided to bolt these plates together... it seems to be working ok. :)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>JP</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Peter Schamerhorn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peter.schamerhorn@sympatico.ca" target="_blank">peter.schamerhorn@sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Delrin is really hard to glue. There are some specialty adhesives (<br>
such as<br>
<a href="http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/epxy_plstc_s/technical-data/Loctite-Epoxy-Plastic-Bonder.htm" target="_blank">http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/epxy_plstc_s/technical-data/Loctite-Epoxy-Plastic-Bonder.htm</a><br>
or 3M Soctch-Weld Structural Plastic Adhesive DP-8010 ), but they are<br>
usually optimized for plastic to plastic interfaces. You might want to<br>
reconsider the whole lamination thing unless there is an unavoidable<br>
reason for it. If your Delrin is thick enough, you could try mechanical<br>
fasteners such as rivets.<br>
<br>
I once tried to glue teflon sheet (which had been properly etched on the<br>
glue-up side) and it was a challenging task, and the resulting part was<br>
not particularly strong/stable.<br>
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--Peter Schamerhorn<br>
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