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Old 10-23-2003 | 01:06 PM
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Default RE: Need CA Hinge Help

Im new,
But when I built my plane and installed the hinges, the guy at our local model shop gave me a TINY 1/16" piece of tubing about 6" long just for that little hole you drill. I inserted it into the thin CA bottle then inserted the other end of the little tube into the hole that we are talking about drilled in the center of the slot after the hinge was slipped in. This is supposed to allow the CA to wick in more deeply on the hinge surface and not just get right under the surface of the monokote or whatever. It worked great for me. My hinges are really strong, just an observation.
That works great, I did the same thing and it worked great not just for CA Hinges but for all CA uses if you are experiencing any problems with CA bottles cloging. From my post in Tips.

Here is a solution, Teflon tubing.

The one on the right is thin CA, which was cloged so I cut the tip and inserted 1/8" of teflon tubing and attached it to the bottle with masking tape also used the same on medium and thick CA works great. For the thin one I had 1/16" teflon tubing attach to the 1/8" which also worked great in controling the flow of thin CA much more better than the original tip since it has 1/32" ID.

Now since I am graduate Chem. Eng. student working in lab I don't have problem accessing teflon tubing and tested this, it worked great. You can obtain Teflon tubing from McMaster.

http://www.mcmaster.com

go to page 94 of their online catlog and you will see that 1/8th is $0.58/ft but the min size is 10ft roll. If you use 3 inch per CA bottle you can have 40 CA bottle tips for $5.80 +s/h.

Get your buddies because with 40 CA bottles you can build lots of planes.

No CA will stick to Teflon plus you will have access to hard to reach areas and will have a great control of the CA you hold it down and if you don't sequese it won't flow.

Use masking tape to seal the tip after use. highly recommend 1/16th for thin CA.

If you see anything sticking to the tip you can cut it, I have been using it for 3 months and I did not need to cut any yet.
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