Rob Wilkins
08-21-2006, 8:20 PM
Along with trying to work out how to get the skew chisel to make nice shapes instead of random spirals I hadn't planned on, I'm trying to find an effective way to bond metal wire or pins into narrowly drilled holes so that they'll hold fairly strongly against tugging or being pulled on.
The wire and pins are being pushed into holes, but not through, so there's no way I can see for me to do anything to the end of the wire to make it hold. The most effective bond I've found so far is to rough up the surface of the wire I'm using with sandpaper, then apply a little E6000 - the bond works much better than with the smooth wire, but I'm finding that this will still often give way after not too long and let the wire slide back out.
So...I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions on this. Is there a better method I could use, or a better choice of adhesive for the job? I'm out of superglue at the moment, so haven't had a chance to test it, but would it work better for this kind of bond than the E6000?
The wire and pins are being pushed into holes, but not through, so there's no way I can see for me to do anything to the end of the wire to make it hold. The most effective bond I've found so far is to rough up the surface of the wire I'm using with sandpaper, then apply a little E6000 - the bond works much better than with the smooth wire, but I'm finding that this will still often give way after not too long and let the wire slide back out.
So...I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions on this. Is there a better method I could use, or a better choice of adhesive for the job? I'm out of superglue at the moment, so haven't had a chance to test it, but would it work better for this kind of bond than the E6000?