OT? Apple Stylewriter problems (longish)

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Jan 13 22:13:35 2002

On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Matt London wrote:

> [snip]
> > Good luck with the glue, super glue and glue designed for polystyrene
> > plastics does not bond ABS plastics very well.
>
> OTOH, Araldite (an epoxy) works a treat in my experience :&) It often sets
> harder than the plastic in the first place! I repaired the hinges on my
> compaq LTE5100 with araldite and sail repair tape (ripstop nylon) - worked
> a treat :&)

I may have to look for that epoxy sometime. I once found a 2 part epoxy in
a dual tube (made bu duro?) that worked well on ABS. The epoxy had a
really, really bad smell too it, and had a cream color when not set. It
turned dark yellow after setting for about a week. I wish I could find
this epoxy again, as I have 3 486 era NEC laptops with broken hinges that
might benefit from it. It would bond metal to ABS very well.

I recently found an ABS model cement at a hobby shop, and am itching to
try it on the ABS skins for my SGI deskside systems. Many of the pegs that
hold the skins to the chassis were broken loose before I got the machines,
but they are still there. One of the skins has serious damage (and missing
broken parts) on one corner, and I'm not yet sure how I'll repair that.

-Toth
Received on Sun Jan 13 2002 - 22:13:35 GMT