Gorilla glue vs Epoxy?!?!?! - KnifeDogs.com Forums
WEBJul 8, 2010 · if 5 minute epoxy takes 16 hours to cure, it's gone bad. I know the package will say full cure in 24 hours but it should take just an hour or so in real life for 5 minute stuff. Epoxy will go bad with time. So will Gorilla glue. The difference is the Gorilla glue will get hard so you know it's bad. Gorilla Glue will "out hold" most epoxies but ...
Which epoxy do you use, and why? | KnifeDogs.com Forums
WEBMar 19, 2015 · Gougeon Brothers, Inc. PRO-SET |888-377-6738. WEST SYSTEM | 866-937-8797. I responded to that email with a request for industry links spec'ing epoxy chemical bond life because it has been stated that West Marine spec's their epoxy with minimum 30 yr bond life.
epoxy for knife scales - KnifeDogs.com Forums
WEBJun 27, 2011 · Admittedly, I have not tried everything available, but at this point in time the ONLY two adhesives that I will even consider for knife handle are Acraglass from Brownells, and West System Marine epoxy. My personal choice is Acraglass. It has a shelf life of 10 year, and a guaranteed hold life of 50 years.
G/Flex Expoxy Bond | KnifeDogs.com Forums
WEBJan 7, 2020. #1. I'm new to this forum, and I've tried to find the answer to these questions in previous postings related to bonding epoxy, specifically G/Flex 655. Two Questions: 1: I know that epoxy needs a roughened surface to bond adequately. I've used a dremel tool to roughen the surface on a few knives, but it's a rather random effect and ...
Fixing cracks in bone scales | KnifeDogs.com Forums
WEBJun 28, 2013 · one method if you have to use it. take a piece of that bone that you know will be scrap as close to the color of the crack as possible. grind that scrap piece into dust capturing all the bone dust. Mix up some 2 part epoxy and fold in the bone dust until it is as thick as toothpaste and smear it into the crack.
Need a tutorial on making a stacked leather handle
WEBJan 3, 2010 · 1. Use vegetable tanned tooling leather and water soak the pieces for a couple of minutes. 2. Having the leather washers with their tang slot holes cut before soaking and fitting on a long bolt is a must. 3. Using a long 1/4" or 3/8" or so diameter threaded bolt is going to be your compression vice.
Gluing Micarta - KnifeDogs.com Forums
WEBAug 15, 2011. #2. While not gluing micarta to micarta, I have used super glue in the past to glue a colored spacer to my micarta handle material befor I put it on the knife. This was used with corby rivits so I had a mechanical fastener as well so I wasnt as concerned with it delaminating. I would think a 2 ton clear epoxy such as devcon wouold ...
glue for horse stall mat - KnifeDogs.com Forums
WEBFeb 3, 2011. #5. One of the various forms of GOOP would probably work very well for this. I use the "household" version to glue rubber (old inner tubes, etc.) to hammer handles. I have a selection of lead hammer molds that require using a metal handle. Whenever I use the GOOP, I never have to worry about the bond between rubber and metal.
Making a Through Tang Knife Handle - KnifeDogs.com Forums
WEBJul 6, 2012 · Many knife makers fully fit and finish their components before final glue-up. I have found that assembling the items in a roughly finished state works best for me. In the case of a take-down handle (one which is designed for dis-assembly and re-assembly), I would choose to finish the individual components to within 95% of final shape before ...
Handle Liners - KnifeDogs.com Forums
WEBMay 13, 2015 · May 14, 2015. #4. For full tang knives that I can grind/shape handle after gluing up, I generally cut liner material to about same size as the scale, then glue it all up in one batch using pins to hold everything in alignment. "IF" all the grinding to scale has to be done prior to gluing to tang, then liner would need to be glued to scale so ...