Best glue for Phenolic Resins????

[Kevin Lindstrom]

Men of knowledge

What is the strongest glue for Phenolic Resins as in pool balls. I want to glue two pool balls together for a trick shot. I will be hitting the glued balls so I need a strong bond. Thanks

Kevin

 

[jkmarshall_cues]

Try drilling a hole in each and use a pin to secure them for safety purposes.

John

 

[MVPCues]

I agree with John. Unless you machined a flat on each of the pool balls to get some surface area to glue together, and can't see them staying together with just glue.

Kelly

 

[BHQ]

Try drilling a hole in each and use a pin to secure them for safety purposes.

John

gotta see this shot!!!!
what about drilling an tapping both balls and using a pc of 3/8x16 all thread??

 

[Kevin Lindstrom]

thanks

Not sure I have the right tools to drill a hole on center in the center of the balls in order to mount together with a threaded rod. I may try to epoxy them together and see how it works. Any other glue suggestions are warmly welcomed though.
Thanks to those who have replied.

 

[manwon]

Not sure I have the right tools to drill a hole on center in the center of the balls in order to mount together with a threaded rod. I may try to epoxy them together and see how it works. Any other glue suggestions are warmly welcomed though.
Thanks to those who have replied.

Take the balls to machine shop, and tell them what you want. You can use threaded aluminum, Titainium, or steel depending upon the weight desired. You can have them threaded to any thread you need, then you can go to hardware store and purchase some threaded rod, 5/16-18 would be a good standard bet or 3/8-16. Then cut it add some epoxy to the treads and screw it together.

 

[Murray Tucker]

Not sure I have the right tools to drill a hole on center in the center of the balls in order to mount together with a threaded rod. I may try to epoxy them together and see how it works. Any other glue suggestions are warmly welcomed though.
Thanks to those who have replied.

Find a good machine shop and have them drill and tap them for you. If you don't know of any machine shops around you then send them to me. I own a large one and will be happy to do them for you for just shipping charges.

 

[DaveK]

Not sure I have the right tools to drill a hole on center in the center of the balls in order to mount together with a threaded rod.

I'll stick my neck out and say that perhaps you are selling yourself short here. The cool thing about a sphere is that the "center" can be anywhere on the surface So, take a hand file, any flat hand file, and file a small flat anywhere on the ball (yes, that's the "center"). Then put the ball in a vice with the flat part up. If you can line up a pool shot, you can line up the ball with sufficient accuracy. Take a hand drill and a 3/16 bit and drill straight down an inch or so (through the flat part, good luck starting a drill on the spherical surface), that's all the hole you need. Now grab a 1/4-20 tap and tap holder (OK, if you don't have these grab $10 and run down to the hardward store and buy them) and tap the hole (you'll only get threads in the top 1/2" or so, but that's OK too). Repeat with the other ball. Cut a piece of 1/4-20 rod about 1" long and clean up the cut threads (with a triangular file), coat in fresh epoxy, and thread into a ball ... again repeat with other ball, then grab a beer 'cause you're done !

Dave, not really sure that 3/16 is the correct drill for tapping 1/4-20, so it would be wise to check this bit of Internet related information/folly

 

[tsp&b]

What he said.

I'll stick my neck out and say that perhaps you are selling yourself short here. The cool thing about a sphere is that the "center" can be anywhere on the surface So, take a hand file, any flat hand file, and file a small flat anywhere on the ball (yes, that's the "center"). Then put the ball in a vice with the flat part up. If you can line up a pool shot, you can line up the ball with sufficient accuracy. Take a hand drill and a 3/16 bit and drill straight down an inch or so (through the flat part, good luck starting a drill on the spherical surface), that's all the hole you need. Now grab a 1/4-20 tap and tap holder (OK, if you don't have these grab $10 and run down to the hardward store and buy them) and tap the hole (you'll only get threads in the top 1/2" or so, but that's OK too). Repeat with the other ball. Cut a piece of 1/4-20 rod about 1" long and clean up the cut threads (with a triangular file), coat in fresh epoxy, and thread into a ball ... again repeat with other ball, then grab a beer 'cause you're done !

Dave, not really sure that 3/16 is the correct drill for tapping 1/4-20, so it would be wise to check this bit of Internet related information/folly

What he said!! you don't need make it any harder than it is. Besides they don't have to be prefect to do the double bank shot and the other trick shots commonly done with that rig. Have fun!!