How to join acrylic blanks
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duncsuss
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Will you be drilling them and gluing a brass tube for a kit into them?
If so, drill for the tube, then square the ends that will be glued together (I'd do it with a sanding jig that holds the blank by the drilled hole, because you can't trust the outside walls of the blank to be perfectly true). As you glue the two half-blanks onto the tube, just put a little glue on the faces that are going to mate up.
I use 2-part epoxy, had a couple of bad experiences with CA for gluing tubes into blanks.
If so, drill for the tube, then square the ends that will be glued together (I'd do it with a sanding jig that holds the blank by the drilled hole, because you can't trust the outside walls of the blank to be perfectly true). As you glue the two half-blanks onto the tube, just put a little glue on the faces that are going to mate up.
I use 2-part epoxy, had a couple of bad experiences with CA for gluing tubes into blanks.
elyk864
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I've done CA multiple times in the past with no issues. Both in blank form and after drilling then clamping once on a tube.
studioseven
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I too have glued stars and stripe blanks together. Turned out great. Can't see or feel a seam. Just make sure the two ends are square. I glued them together then let it dry overnight before drilling for a tube. I find that easier than trying to match the drill holes together on different blanks.
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TattooedTurner
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I've used flexible CA with great success.
jokker78
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Did you clamp them ?
jttheclockman
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Always clamp any glued joint in some way or form. If you are building this on a tube you never know if top or bottom is skewed some because of play in hole.