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1st January 2017, 09:42 AM #1
Laminating acrylic to make checkerboard penHI
I am trying to laminate acrylic to make a checkered pen blank. I have tried, CA (no luck), and 2 part epoxy also with no luck. Any suggestions?
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1st January 2017, 09:45 AM #2Intermediate Member
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I have made laminated acrylic pen blank before and I used ca glue but you have to sand the parts before gluing
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1st January 2017, 09:52 AM #3
Thanks Stephen,
after the first delaminates, the edges were sanded and still came apart, even after leaving to cure for a week
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1st January 2017, 09:54 AM #4Intermediate Member
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What ca glue are you using thick or thin
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1st January 2017, 10:00 AM #5Senior Member
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I have made at least two laminated acrylic [left over cut offs] and used medium ca and had no issues as stated make sure fit is good and clean. what i find is if i laminate them together with the glue on the cut surface no problem I don't bother sanding because the band saw cut for blanks is sufficient for bond.
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1st January 2017, 10:08 AM #6
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Left Over blanks
Hi
About 5 years ago I wanted to do something similar using off cuts from acrylic blanks. I tried epoxy, CA with different thicknesses, holding methods, .. for sometime I had no success .. my test was always bending with my two hands and if it breaks no good..
Eventally I had a good result and have made dozens ... below is one of my first pens which is still going strong.
I found as others have suggested rough not smooth. I give each side of each piece a firm sand on a nice flat surface with 240-180 grit. Be careful not push too hard since the surfaces need to be reasonably flat. The CA takes up most of the gaps and I used medium thickness CA from GPW. Thin was too runny. I am quite liberal with CA and make sure both surfaces are wet .... bit messy but it works.
A trick .. I made a small clamping jig to keep the pieces together since the CA makes the pieces slide off each other. I don't clamp tightly .. just firm. I found over clamping squashes out the CA and the pieces slip off each off. I make sure I give them a few days drying in the Qld sun ... sometimes there is undercured glue inside.
I remember trying a G clamp and then a vice but the pieces slipped over each other or I couldn't control the firmness .. I ll try and find the jig .. somewhere under a pile of Goggomobil parts.
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2nd January 2017, 09:51 PM #8
Thank you for pic . This is what i am trying to achieveIMG_0321.jpg
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10th January 2017, 03:51 PM #9
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11th January 2017, 04:11 PM #10
Thank you ill give that a try
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13th January 2017, 10:01 PM #11
Chris I am sure there are blanks around that you can buy like the ones you pictured you just need to look arround. Unless you are doing it for the chalenge then I wouldn't bother with the work and trouble involved.
Cheers ian
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19th January 2017, 05:54 AM #12GOLD MEMBER
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You can do it with polyclay. The squares won't be as crisp as a glued acrylic but it can be wrapped around the tube so the squares don't turn into rectangles when turned. This is one done by my wife, Marla, 8 or 9 years ago. Desk needs refinishing doesn't it?
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19th January 2017, 12:03 PM #13Senior Member
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I am pretty sure that the shops selling acrylic sheets have special glues for acrylic. It sort of melts surfaces of acrylic parts and bods them together.
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20th January 2017, 10:02 AM #14
Worth a try thank you
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Great looking pen glad to see some segmented pens being made
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