Anyone using Atlas Delrin Glue?

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ShootingArts

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I have some used and abused house sticks to repair and I need to put butt caps on some. I would like to use delrin that I have laying around if I can glue it on without having to thread these bar room cues. They will certainly be banged around roughly. Anyone use the new Atlas delrin glue enough to know if it is up to the task?

Thanks,
Hu
 
If u don't thread it, i doubt if it'd last that long.
Delrin by design has some lubricant in it.
It just doesn't stick.
 
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JoeyInCali said:
If u don't thread it, i doubt if it'd last that long.
Delrin by design has some lubricant in it.
It just doesn't stick.
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Joey,

I know that was true of the earlier glues and adhesives. Atlas has had some stuff out for awhile now that is specifically for Delrin. I'm somewhat skeptical of it working. I'm hoping that someone else has used the Delrin glue enough to have an opinion about that specific glue. The only way I could imagine it working is if it somehow neutralizes the lubricant in the Delrin.

Hu
 
Is it expensive? Try it and report back..... :D

Seems like you would want to save your delrin, there are cheaper materials to use, no? Mabye ABS?
 
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Sheldon said:
Is it expensive? Try it and report back..... :D

Seems like you would want to save your delrin, there are cheaper materials to use, no? Mabye ABS?
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Sheldon,

I have a bunch of fairly tough and pricey plastic available in small drops since I have a reciprocity deal with the machine shop next door on stock, especially drops. These sticks will be abused though and I think that the Delrin that I stocked for bushings may be the toughest thing on hand. Out of several dozen sticks in the place, none have rubber bumpers left. I am thinking seriously of just chamfering the corner on the Delrin about a quarter inch or cutting a radius and not putting a bumper.

This place used to be mostly a pool hall and now the tables are slowly disappearing. The new owner likes pool though so I am hoping that by getting some decent sticks in the place the people that want to play pool will start coming back around. Nice guy anyway and he has done me a favor or three.

Looks like I may be the one to test the glue. If so, I will let all of you know how it works out.

Hu
 
delrin comes in two basic mixes: filled and unfilled.........you want to use the unfilled 'cause the filled cannot be glued by anything that I have found yet.

my method of getting it to stay on without threading the butt is to thread the inside of the delrin, then cut some flutes on the butt like some dowels have and glue it with a lot of epoxy,,,the glue hardens in the threads and attaches to the wood very good

worked for me...I got a lot of drops/end cuts in black and white delrin, used them to repair house cues. the delrin threads like 'butter' so no problems there.... j

shoot, I even used delrin for ferrules, but that's a whole 'nother story.
 
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I'm all ears if you want to talk about Delrin ferules. I have thought that it would make a very lively ferule, maybe a bit too lively but I am always ready to try something new.

Thanks for the input on gluing the Delrin. That is pretty much what I had in mind except it is a little easier for me to just reach inside the Delrin with a boring bar and cut rings. A few rings and grooves on the tenon is pretty much a given when I am gluing.

Hu

Jack Flanagan said:
delrin comes in two basic mixes: filled and unfilled.........you want to use the unfilled 'cause the filled cannot be glued by anything that I have found yet.

my method of getting it to stay on without threading the butt is to thread the inside of the delrin, then cut some flutes on the butt like some dowels have and glue it with a lot of epoxy,,,the glue hardens in the threads and attaches to the wood very good

worked for me...I got a lot of drops/end cuts in black and white delrin, used them to repair house cues. the delrin threads like 'butter' so no problems there.... j

shoot, I even used delrin for ferrules, but that's a whole 'nother story.
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Hi Hu,

I have tried the delrin glue... it works ok; it actually chemically etched the surface before the glue sets. It will hold, but for a butt-cap, I would recommend grooving the pieces anyway. Also, that glue is fairly expensive. Is it cost efficient to use $3.00 worth of glue on a $1.00 piece of Delrin?
 
Was'nt one of My best ideas but I used It for an insert one time. It did come loose, but after the second time of glueing It held in place. Again not one of My better ideas, but I once made a collar from It one time also that held and never came loose though. Don't remember what glue I used, but I have never tried the stuff from atlas.

I have a bunch of cutoffs also, but I use them for collets and finishing jigs/arbors that sort of thing. My understanding has always been to thread the stuff when possible like most others. You could try It, what do you have to loose on house cues. but I would probably aggree with Sheldon- for slip tenons I'd probably use a material that glues up better, just to be safe.:)

Greg
 
Nothing cost effective about this project

cheese_ball said:
Hi Hu,

I have tried the delrin glue... it works ok; it actually chemically etched the surface before the glue sets. It will hold, but for a butt-cap, I would recommend grooving the pieces anyway. Also, that glue is fairly expensive. Is it cost efficient to use $3.00 worth of glue on a $1.00 piece of Delrin?
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Nothing really cost effective about this project. This just seems to be a likely time to play with Delrin on a cue. I have used it since the early 90's but it has been in applications where it was either trapped or mechanically fastened to other components. Putting it on these house cues is a real test of how it will work on a pool cue and if it fails it isn't on a custom cue with my name on it.

Hu
 
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