Tip pressure
- Thread starter bubolt14
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The both surfaces of ferrule and tip must be perfectly plane!!
Als Einstein Examina abnahm, fragte ihn einmal ein Student: "Sie stellen in diesem Semester ja genau die gleichen Fragen wie beim letzten Mal." Darauf Einstein: "Das ist wahr. Nur die Antworten sind diesmal anders."
Als Einstein Examina abnahm, fragte ihn einmal ein Student: "Sie stellen in diesem Semester ja genau die gleichen Fragen wie beim letzten Mal." Darauf Einstein: "Das ist wahr. Nur die Antworten sind diesmal anders."
I use toughened epoxy for gluing tips these days, Unless the customer specifically asks for the quick fix.
It is the common view out here amongst players, that using cyano glues is just quick and temporary until it can be epoxied on for a proper job.
That being said, the 2 surfaces must be very flat to keep a tip on, no matter the glue.
This is why one brand has come out with a flat disc on the bottom of their tips. To keep the superglue off the sides and to give a flat surface to bond the tip with.
If you clamp epoxy glue and tip too tight, you risk squeezing out all the adhesive and result is a dry/poorly glued joint.
With most cyano glues, the thinner the bond thickness the stronger is the bond.But not all cyano glue is equal , so read any info on the specific glue before you use it.Some will give you a bond thickness range, like 0.05mm to 0.2mm for example( gap filling super glue)
General rule for cyano is 1 drop per square inch of surface area, excluding the wick in of the tip itself.
The other cause of failure, is disturbing the bonded surfaces before the adhesive has had sufficient time to set or cure.
Neil
It is the common view out here amongst players, that using cyano glues is just quick and temporary until it can be epoxied on for a proper job.
That being said, the 2 surfaces must be very flat to keep a tip on, no matter the glue.
This is why one brand has come out with a flat disc on the bottom of their tips. To keep the superglue off the sides and to give a flat surface to bond the tip with.
If you clamp epoxy glue and tip too tight, you risk squeezing out all the adhesive and result is a dry/poorly glued joint.
With most cyano glues, the thinner the bond thickness the stronger is the bond.But not all cyano glue is equal , so read any info on the specific glue before you use it.Some will give you a bond thickness range, like 0.05mm to 0.2mm for example( gap filling super glue)
General rule for cyano is 1 drop per square inch of surface area, excluding the wick in of the tip itself.
The other cause of failure, is disturbing the bonded surfaces before the adhesive has had sufficient time to set or cure.
Neil
Since the day that I am able to have bothe surfaces plane / absolutely even (tip and ferrule, you must know that I do all the tip works by hand, without a lathe) I never had a single tip falling down. There were also many different kinds of breaktips, also the samsara which I use on my own breaking cuestick. I use for all tips the cyano acrylate glue from Pattex (Gel). And what I also experienced that it is indead reducing the bonding strength if you give maximum pressure too early. I have the maximum force when I recognize that the glue starts to polymerize.
Als Einstein Examina abnahm, fragte ihn einmal ein Student: "Sie stellen in diesem Semester ja genau die gleichen Fragen wie beim letzten Mal." Darauf Einstein: "Das ist wahr. Nur die Antworten sind diesmal anders."
Als Einstein Examina abnahm, fragte ihn einmal ein Student: "Sie stellen in diesem Semester ja genau die gleichen Fragen wie beim letzten Mal." Darauf Einstein: "Das ist wahr. Nur die Antworten sind diesmal anders."