Cliff Rohrabacher
06-18-2009, 4:45 PM
So I thought I'd do a slick job of making my diamond and glass plate sharpening station into a four-by box inside another that sets on little rails so none of the glass surfaces touch anything (preventing cross contamination).
Sounds like a plan.
I built the inner box upon which I planned to affix the glass plates.
I used 3-M double sticky tape to adhere the plate to the urethaned sides of the box. I rubbed 'em down real well to get the maximum conformal adhesion between the box, tape, and glass. Set it on it's side and in a few hours the glass plates had crept down answering gravity's call.
The glass plates are 1/4" thick and 4" by 22", they are substantial. It makes for a really sweet sharpening surface 'cause of all the surface one can have in a stroke.
Now I'm thinking either Contact cement or epoxy.
Any thoughts?
The surface of the box is pretty well flattened (from sanding) and is coated with well cured Polyurethane. The box is a recycled table top I made in a pinch a couple years back from oak veneer ply. I wiped it with naphtha to make sure no residue remained so it was clean and flat, a great surface for a double sticky tape application but, the glass thinks otherwise.
Sounds like a plan.
I built the inner box upon which I planned to affix the glass plates.
I used 3-M double sticky tape to adhere the plate to the urethaned sides of the box. I rubbed 'em down real well to get the maximum conformal adhesion between the box, tape, and glass. Set it on it's side and in a few hours the glass plates had crept down answering gravity's call.
The glass plates are 1/4" thick and 4" by 22", they are substantial. It makes for a really sweet sharpening surface 'cause of all the surface one can have in a stroke.
Now I'm thinking either Contact cement or epoxy.
Any thoughts?
The surface of the box is pretty well flattened (from sanding) and is coated with well cured Polyurethane. The box is a recycled table top I made in a pinch a couple years back from oak veneer ply. I wiped it with naphtha to make sure no residue remained so it was clean and flat, a great surface for a double sticky tape application but, the glass thinks otherwise.