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Topic: Gluing Parts??

If I wanted to create a mold with my 3D printer, but have it be multiple pieces to make the mold larger how can I glue and manifold the parts together?

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Rocketman wrote:

If I wanted to create a mold with my 3D printer, but have it be multiple pieces to make the mold larger how can I glue and manifold the parts together?

Depends on the material.

If ABS you can use Acetone.

If PLA you would need to use something like super glue.

Super Glue as well for PETG.

There is also an adhesive called Goop that works on all three but is sightly flexible when dry.

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3 (edited by n2ri 2018-12-31 06:43:55)

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"There is also an adhesive called Goop that works on all three but is sightly flexible when dry"

thought Goop was hand cleaner. did you mean Goo? as in Walthers Goo the model railroad supply catalog brand? that also stays a bit flexible but sticks to anything. it used to have Orange lettering now Blue so likely new safer formula as all companies are doing lately. https://www.walthers.com/goo-r-1oz-29-lml-tube

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n2ri wrote:

"There is also an adhesive called Goop that works on all three but is sightly flexible when dry"

thought Goop was hand cleaner. did you mean Goo? as in Walthers Goo the model railroad supply catalog brand? that also stays a bit flexible but sticks to anything. it used to have Orange lettering now Blue so likely new safer formula as all companies are doing lately. https://www.walthers.com/goo-r-1oz-29-lml-tube

It's  called Amazing Goop and comes in several varieties but is as actually the same really. Look it up.

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he means Goop...

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these new companies need to not use names already in use. lol

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n2ri wrote:

these new companies need to not use names already in use. lol

Amazing Goop has been around for 30 years or more. I remember using it when I had just graduated in 87, so it really can't be considered a new company. Maybe one little heard of if your not into adhesives but hardly new.

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8 (edited by n2ri 2019-01-02 05:41:48)

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carl_m1968 wrote:
n2ri wrote:

these new companies need to not use names already in use. lol

Amazing Goop has been around for 30 years or more. I remember using it when I had just graduated in 87, so it really can't be considered a new company. Maybe one little heard of if your not into adhesives but hardly new.

Goop hand cleaner (since 1949) has em more than doubled that many years. My Dad used it b4 he was married in the mid 50s same as LAVA hand soap (since 1893) the name is due to having Pumice in it all mechanics use both to get grease off

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9 (edited by n2ri 2019-01-02 05:55:21)

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Walther's goo is also older with un-known history b4 bought out by Walther's but here its discussed on an Elmer's page as the strongest of 3 types of Rubber cement like contact cement and Amazing Goop dont even list Rubber use. http://www.girr.org/girr/tips/tips5/adh … tml#rubber

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

10 (edited by n2ri 2019-01-02 06:22:31)

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I'm very informed on adhesives some long discontinued that shouldnt have been, some merged into other conglomerates even names changed like most products and several reformulated to be less toxic for various reasons which mostly resulted in poorer quality sadly. Elmers super Glue is one such example, it used to come in a small square plastic bottle with long thin tip double capped and worked better than Jet or other Hobby shop CA adhesives and at lower cost & if refrigerated when stored it out lasted the others and remained fast acting way longer. now its just another soft tube cheap CA that barely works. I have a large collection of adhesives, paints etc  in my shop for all the production of Hobby items for my Models etc. and have seen lots become history. History of many such products gets lost in mergers, shut downs, legal matters etc. but I have noticed the last few decades all new products dont search even to see if their products name is already in use. even Movies have 2-3 different story lines with same title now. used to be copyright infringement but its likely going to hurt sales bad anyway by confusing consumers. after all 'its all in the name'

PS 5 years ago at Home Depot Dow/3M had a Silicone in caulking tubes that set fast yet stayed tacky for years and had a 50 year guarantee to seal water tight. I bought and used 2 tubes on my basement window and last year looked for more for other windows and its already been discontinued. it was 2-3x cost of others but worth it.
another new name to try is Gorilla Glue for DIY use

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with CA adhesives they have many brands and uses from thin to thick/ slow to instant/ also kickers to speed set times to like OOPS too late lol these have thin applicator tubes & can be added to surface glue is already on but use a needle or pin instead so it dont wick into kicker tube and glue it shut or just do not allow the kicker drop to contact CA until drop is off kicker tube. also when buying CA products always buy a bottle of Remover/Acetone and keep it at ready while working with CA and somebody nearby to help you use it WHEN you stick yourself together as you likely wont have a free hand to do so. the stuff is invisible and finds its way everywhere. one trick I learned from a small Model railroad manufacturer 'RLW' when trying to glue a tiny pin into something and not wanting the CA to run down pin and glue another part. use small piece of paper like a Hole Punched circle as a washer to wick extra CA up b4 it can do so., then tare paper loose afterwards. and for clear plastic parts Testers makes an excellent adhesive for that and no more frosted/fogged windows can even make tiny windows with it like a bubble. and remember CA dont stick to smooth glass good so thats another tip found useful.

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

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Lets keep on what works for the OP rather than adhesive history. GOOP works very well if it is a part that does not need to be super stiff.

Printing since 2009 and still love it!
Anycubic 4MAX best $225 ever invested.
Voxelabs Proxima SLA. 6 inch 2k Mono LCD.
Anycubic Predator, massive Delta machine. 450 x 370 print envelope.

13 (edited by n2ri 2019-01-03 22:31:17)

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carl_m1968 wrote:

Lets keep on what works for the OP rather than adhesive history. GOOP works very well if it is a part that does not need to be super stiff.

I was! "Gluing Parts??" is the OP. serious modelers can never have too many choices of Adhesives, Paints etc. and if another modeler can save Me from wasting time on all the junk that dont do what I need it for, 1 am all for that. just never had sites like this when I wasted all that time & Money.

Free advice from somebody in the know is Priceless.

I dont care if any of the manufacturers sell these products or not except for the ones that work great like advertised. just need to not confuse consumers with things like same name as other products or claiming something is the same product when its not. and amazing goop is not the same as Walthers Goo and the labels list materials they work on, only 1 lists Rubber so not the same. I have found if a product even made by same company has anything different on package there is something different about the 2 products and likely a different use requiring it.

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

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n2ri wrote:
carl_m1968 wrote:

Lets keep on what works for the OP rather than adhesive history. GOOP works very well if it is a part that does not need to be super stiff.

I was! "Gluing Parts??" is the OP. serious modelers can never have too many choices of Adhesives, Paints etc. and if another modeler can save Me from wasting time on all the junk that dont do what I need it for, 1 am all for that. just never had sites like this when I wasted all that time & Money.

Free advice from somebody in the know is Priceless.

I dont care if any of the manufacturers sell these products or not except for the ones that work great like advertised. just need to not confuse consumers with things like same name as other products or claiming something is the same product when its not. and amazing goop is not the same as Walthers Goo and the labels list materials they work on, only 1 lists Rubber so not the same. I have found if a product even made by same company has anything different on package there is something different about the 2 products and likely a different use requiring it.

I don't believe I nor the manufacturers ever once said or implied they where the same. I brought up Amazing Goop which is and has always been Amazing Goop. Then you said don't you mean Goo? So it would seem you are the one confused and talking about two different products as the same one. I was talking about only one and had the OP googled it he would have found what I was talking about. So the only one confusing stuff seems to be you by bringing up a product with a SIMILAR name, not the SAME name.

Printing since 2009 and still love it!
Anycubic 4MAX best $225 ever invested.
Voxelabs Proxima SLA. 6 inch 2k Mono LCD.
Anycubic Predator, massive Delta machine. 450 x 370 print envelope.

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ok kids.. lets play nice.

yes, there are a plethora of options out there to pick from, many with similar sounding names.

Research is your friend. wink

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heartless wrote:

ok kids.. lets play nice.

yes, there are a plethora of options out there to pick from, many with similar sounding names.

Research is your friend. wink

Mommy! I want cookies....

Printing since 2009 and still love it!
Anycubic 4MAX best $225 ever invested.
Voxelabs Proxima SLA. 6 inch 2k Mono LCD.
Anycubic Predator, massive Delta machine. 450 x 370 print envelope.

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carl_m1968 wrote:
heartless wrote:

ok kids.. lets play nice.

yes, there are a plethora of options out there to pick from, many with similar sounding names.

Research is your friend. wink

Mommy! I want cookies....

Sorry, Carl... your Dad ate the last of the cookies.

lol

SD4 #1 & #2 - Lawsy carriages, E3D v6, Rumba controller board, mirror bed plate, X motor fan, upgraded PSU & Mica bed heater
SD4 #3 - in the works ~ Folgertech FT-5, rev 1
Printit Industries Beta Tester - Horizon H1