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Old 07-09-2005, 01:36 AM
Mark Kenepp
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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We used super glue in Metal smithing all the time. It makes a great temporary bond. If you have two pieces that need to be riveted together, just glue them together, drill the whole and set the torch to them to burn off the glue. Perfectly aligned holes?

Admittedly, we never had them bound enough to know if the cyanoacrolate would corrode the metal at all.

Come to think of it, I made a number of jewelry pieces where I bound different materials (slate, plastics, rubbers) to silver and as far as I know, they are still holding together.

Ain’t adhesives grand!
 
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