I used a hot glue gun to glue together two pieces of material to
machine one side, but I can't figure out how to release the bond
without using heat, for fear of warping one of the pieces. Anyone have
any ideas?
Heat the assembly *uniformly* to a couple hundred. The glue
softens at a pretty low temp, so the parts should slide
apart.
JR
Dweller in the cellar
WF wrote:
Just give it a smart rap with a soft hammer, make sure your part doesn't go
flying. This works on wood with a lot more tooth to hold the glue.
Ed Angell
The hot-melt I've got is polyethylene-based, not many solvents will
attack that. Aside from freezing it, how about using oil, dunk the
whole assembly and heat it up? Another use for that french fryer and
used fat/oil that's been floating around recently in another couple of
threads. Stick it in the fry basket cold, let the oil warm up the
whole thing evenly. I'm assuming your project is small enough to fit
in a fry basket.
Brownells had a kink in their newsletter where a guy had hidden his
new Beretta in an oven and the plastic case had melted around it when
the oven was heated up for pizza. The case remains were removed by
using a french fryer and hot oil. No damage to the gun, even the
grips were still good.
Stan
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