27 Mar
2015
27 Mar
'15
10:22 a.m.
On 27/03/2015 02:27, Geoff Oltmans wrote:
I'm in the process of fixing a floppy drive
mechanism. I had to
replace the heads on the drive with a NOS part and I need to re-glue
the head carriage assembly to the band that attaches to the head
stepper motor. The original adhesive is a clear blue glue of some
sort, I suppose similar to loctite.
It's very unlikely to be cyanoacrylate. "Clear blue" is typical of
low-viscosity epoxy, such as used for optical fibre terminations or to
coat or seal some types of composites. It's often fairly hard or brittle.
I'm surprised it's glued. Not just screwed?
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Pete
Pete Turnbull