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hp 41 case glue Message #1 Posted by db on 15 Apr 2001, 4:50 p.m. there was some discussion a while back about what glue to use when doing the wrap and glue repair on the screw posts. did someone try them and find the best choice? there is a tap plastics store in town so if you know a generic name that might be better than a brand name. ive got to repair mine and i only want to do this once. thanks

Re: hp 41 case glue Message #2 Posted by db(martinez,california) on 21 Apr 2001, 2:50 p.m., in response to message #1 by db to answer my own question, i auditioned glues at tap plastics and found two. after 18 years of faithful service i had droped my first 41 onto the asphalt. to fix the cracked-in-three-places screw post i threaded an .80X20 metric nut over it to bring the pieces reasonably tight and used their "free flowing acrilic cement" which is thinner than water and has a real capilary thing going on. it just sucked right down into the now hairline cracks and fused them. the nut left thread marks in the post which were useful because then i did the old wrap with thin coper wire trick and used "ips corp. weld-on #16 clear thickend cement for acrylic sheet" to make the wire permanent. i also used it on the u shaped spacer with good results. three solders and a good cleaning later it worked better than before. but i don't want to drop it again. DAVE: can/should you addendum the names of the glue onto the end of someones (mabye stephan vorkoetter's) good repair directions? the stuf really worked great.

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