28 Nov
2012
28 Nov
'12
12:09 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, David Coolbear wrote:
Call me odd, but my absolute, top favorite computer is
my MicroVAX in a
BA123 chassis. If the house were burning, that would be the one computer
I would try to retrieve. Sadly, last night, the daughter snapped the
corner off the louvers on the top left of the chassis. Unless some kind
sole has a replacement part, I plan on gluing the pieces back on. My
question is, cyanoacrylate or epoxy?
Neither. Epoxies won't stick well to plastic and cyanoacrylate type
"glues" (superglue, crazyglue, etc) will make an extremely brittle joint
and will make future repairs nearly impossible. If it is ABS plastic, use
dichloromethane (methylene chloride) to solvent weld it back together.
Align the parts and allow the solvent to get into the joint via capillary
action. Be careful not to push the parts together hard enough to squeeze
plastic out of the joint because that will make the joint brittle too.