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Raizor
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by Raizor » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:00 pm
Hows the best way to do this. I am making the chassis from a single piece but what is the best way to join it at corners etc?
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by Andrew_Hibberd » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:22 pm
I use two different ways:
Small nuts and bolts, or weld it together with a old hot soldering iron-i prefer using nuts and bolts as it saves the soldering iron.
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by Rhys » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:44 am
Hot Melt glue seems to work well.
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by Raizor » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:53 pm
I understand the idea of the glue and of welding but what about nuts and bolts? DO you use brackets of how do you achieve this?
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by Travis7s » Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:38 am
I'd say brackets are the only way to go for screws, its much too thin to tap into.
I've heard of some people using a special glue that chemically melts polycarbonate together, basically making it one solid piece, can't remember what its called though.
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by Andrew_Hibberd » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:18 am
Folding the sides then bolting through the 2mm thickness of polycarb.
This is going to sound crazy but i read it on the FRA forum, chloroform can melt polycarb together. It also mentioned use in a well ventalated area.
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by Simon Windisch » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:34 pm
Yes, just drill and bolt. It's very secure.
I use M2 or M3 bolts. I have also tapped M2 bolts into polycarbonate with some success, but using nuts makes the join much stronger.
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