From rgafner@pressroom.com Thu Mar 01 13:02:10 2001
Subject:Re: taking the V5 to the gig

Go to nearest hardware store, get tube of G E Silicone Seal or similar
material. It is used for caulking around windows. Similar material is used
to make aqariums, bonds the glass at the corners. It is amazing stuff.
It is available in white and clear. Squirt some out on a sample piece of
metal material and place another sample piece of metal material on top.
Gently apply pressure. Wait over night. Use object. It is very strong at
adequate thicknesses. Can also be used to create a poor man's mold for
casting gaskets and o- rings. Burns at about 400F I have seen it used as
an emergency fix to seal small holes in boiling , not-pressurized water
vats. Guaranteed 40+ years. Releases acetic acid (vinegar smell) when
curing.

Epoxy is two parts, a resin and a hardener. Silicone seal is ready out of
the tube. Or there is VELCRO........
RG
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From: jarrell7@yahoo.com
Reply-To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 20:21:16 -0000
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CWSG] Re: taking the V5 to the gig

Jack,

Hmmm, this sounds interesting; thanks for your suggestion.... I like
the fact that I wouldn't have to take the V5 apart, and also that I
could later remove it from its mounting. But, I don't know if this
would work with something that weighs 2 pounds??? Not knowing
anything about silicon glue, I searched around on the web for
references, and found a company Loctite Products, and I actually
called their customer support hot line and talked to a live person
with no waiting (amazing in this day and age - imagine calling a
company being faster than emailing them :-). Anyway, I said I
wanted to bond metal to metal, a 2 lb. object to a shelf, which
would then be transported in a rack at various positions. I was
recommended to use their Epoxy, not silicone glue, as they said
silicone glue wasn't strong enough to bond a 2 lb. object that would
be subject to transport at different angles as in a rack.
Unfortunately, I was told that these Epoxy's could not be removed,
so the installation would be permanent.

So, I'm wondering the heaviest thing you've mounted in a rack with
silicone glue (my power strip is a Furman PlugLock for wall warts,
and it is all metal unfortunately, weighing about the same as the
V5 (i.e. 2 lbs.), so even it is not your average power strip.

If you have mounted something that weighs 2 lbs. or more, then what
is the name and brand of silicone glue you used?

- jarrell

--- In CloneWheel@y..., jprice@h... wrote:
> Rather than drilling holes to mount the unit with screws, you might
want to try using silicone glue to mount the unit to the shelf. This
is how I mount power strips to the bottom of large rack units. It
provides a very secure mounting that can be easily undone when the
need arises to take things apart, because is peels off of smooth
metal surfaces even after having been in place for a year or two.
>
> Of course, YMMV.
>
> -Jack

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