Thread: Laminating acrylic to make checkerboard penHI

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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Thanks Stephen,
after the first delaminates, the edges were sanded and still came apart, even after leaving to cure for a week

What ca glue are you using thick or thin

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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.

Thin

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.

Randal

Thank you for pic . This is what i am trying to achieveIMG_0321.jpg

I made this pen from black and white mother of pearl. I use epoxy for most of my segmented pens. I use System III T88 epoxy and let it cure for 24 hours before working. Never had a failure.

Thank you ill give that a try

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

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?

Pete

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.

Worth a try thank you

Great looking pen glad to see some segmented pens being made

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