Joining 1mm Polycarb

Raizor · Post 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?

Andrew_Hibberd · Post 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.

Rhys · Post by **Rhys** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:44 am

Hot Melt glue seems to work well.

Raizor · Post 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?

Travis7s · Post 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.

Andrew_Hibberd · Post 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.

Simon Windisch · Post 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.

Simon