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Originally Posted by ziggles  What brand of glue do u use. I have been using 5 minute 2 pack araldite. super glue is too quick or doesn't hold sometimes, other brands when i am cutting the blanks down on the lathe to round they come loose. |
I started using titebond polyurathane glue but a 500ml bottle was too big and half of it went off
. As SM said, Bunnings sell another product in a nice small bottle (150-200ml?). I have been using it successfully for a while but with transparent acrylics you can see often see the web the glue makes through the finished pen. If you're going to use it on acrylics you need to put a few drops of water into the blank and shake it around otherwise there won't be enough moisture to activate the glue.
This probably doesn't help Barbossa much but there should be similar over in the States. I only use medium CA if I'm in a hurry to finish a pen, otherwise its poly-u with a minimum 4hr cure on straight grained woods and preferably overnight for everything.
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