dankc908
Member
Hi All --
I started using Clear Gorilla Glue for gluing pen tubes into the blanks. After a session where I lost several blanks due to the glue pushing the tube out during drying I switched to Medium CA. Yesterday I decided to go back to the Gorilla Glue because I saw where someone used clamps to avoid said problem. That worked fine until I began squaring the ends of the blanks with my barrel trimming kit. On 1 piece of goncolo and 2 pieces of acrylic the tube came out of the blank. :crying: Does anyone have any ideas as to how this might have happened? I am thinking that the goncolo and the acrylic didn't absorb much (if any) of the gorilla glue therefore I didn't get a good bond. Right now I am gluing the three pieces and tubes with Medium CA but I'm wondering what others might think. I'd appreciate any feedback and/or ideas!
TIA
I started using Clear Gorilla Glue for gluing pen tubes into the blanks. After a session where I lost several blanks due to the glue pushing the tube out during drying I switched to Medium CA. Yesterday I decided to go back to the Gorilla Glue because I saw where someone used clamps to avoid said problem. That worked fine until I began squaring the ends of the blanks with my barrel trimming kit. On 1 piece of goncolo and 2 pieces of acrylic the tube came out of the blank. :crying: Does anyone have any ideas as to how this might have happened? I am thinking that the goncolo and the acrylic didn't absorb much (if any) of the gorilla glue therefore I didn't get a good bond. Right now I am gluing the three pieces and tubes with Medium CA but I'm wondering what others might think. I'd appreciate any feedback and/or ideas!
TIA