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Re: Material: How different glues perform - glass
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 8/19/2016, 6:10 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: How different glues perform - glass (Journeyman politician)

The wood did break before the epoxy did.
You can't reinforce the joint any better than that.

Did you mean you would put glass around the outside and inside of the joint?
Of course that would be stronger, but it would not be testing epoxy, it would be testing glass - which was not the point.

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Material: How different glues perform
Robert W -- 8/18/2016, 3:54 pm
Re: Material: How different glues perform
John Bell -- 8/18/2016, 3:56 pm
Re: Material: How different glues perform
Marc Donnelly -- 8/18/2016, 6:04 pm
Re: Material: How different glues perform
Brian Nystrom -- 8/19/2016, 10:07 am
Gorilla is good for its speciality
jaybabina -- 8/22/2016, 8:06 am
Re: Gorilla is good for its speciality
Marc Upchurch -- 8/22/2016, 9:04 am
Re: Gorilla is good for its speciality
jaybabina -- 8/22/2016, 10:38 am
Re: Gorilla is good for its speciality
Marc Donnelly -- 8/22/2016, 5:04 pm
Re: Gorilla is good for its speciality
JohnAbercrombie -- 8/22/2016, 6:43 pm
Re: Material: How different glues perform
Marc Upchurch -- 8/18/2016, 10:38 pm
Re: Material: How different glues perform - glass
Journeyman politician -- 8/18/2016, 11:08 pm
Re: Material: How different glues perform - glass
Marc Upchurch -- 8/19/2016, 6:10 pm