CA Glue Acrylic to Waste Block?

[Scott Pavkovich]

Hello fellow turners, my name is Scott and I'm new to this beautiful hobby. I have a question of course!

I have some Acrylic blanks 1.5 in diameter. They do not fit in the jaws of my Woodriver chuck. Would gluing it to a waste block with CA glue work? I don't really want to use the worm screw because I want a nice clean solid base, no hole to deal with.

Thanks in advance.

Scott

[Dan Hintz]

A waste block of acrylic? Sure. Not to wood, though.

On that note, worm screws are meant for wood... if you put that into a block of acrylic, you take a high chance of shattering it if you get a hard catch.

[Mark Detrick]

I agree with Dan that acrylic to acrylic would better than acrylic to wood. If you must go acrylic to wood I would probably try an epoxy rather than CA.

[Scott Pavkovich]

Thanks a bunch guys! I actually tried the acrylic to wood and it is holding quite strongly. I used med CA on the waste block and thin on the acrylic, married them and held in place with the tailstock. And just out of habit I ran a bead of hot glue around the base. It seems to work well enough, and of course I'm wearing a full face shield!

[robert baccus]

Glad it worked for you. CA is not picky about it adheres to---very flexible in that regard.

[Scott Pavkovich]

Thanks again guys, was able to finish the product and when I cut it loose, the remaining acrylic was very attached.

[Russell Neyman]

Scott, it's not the question you asked, but most chucks will hold smaller items by removing the jaws and using the empty travelers.

[robert baccus]

Good point---on my Nova's the jaws can stay on and hold smaller stuff.