[Fwd: Pinblock Repair.]

[Jim]

I'm sorry, I do not remember the exact plastic bushing we used.  Chuck
Walter may remember.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Sun, 26 Jan 1997 Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 97-01-25 11:40:07 EST, you write:
>
> >There is no springiness in the compression of Epoxy.  Thru long term
> >it may not hold up the torque.  We even tried plastic bushings for
> >the entire pin and found them to not hold up over long term and
> >climatic changes.  Using fibreglas resin or epoxy to fill the gaps in
> >wood does seem to work well over long term.
> >
> >
>
>
> Jim
>
> It is intersting that epoxy used in association with wood does work, but you
> do not think epoxy by itself works. When you used the the plastic bushing,
> was the plastic made out of the same material I described, which is the
> impact resin, or was it made of some other type of plastic?  Speaking of
> plastic, though, you say that epoxy doesn't have the springiness of wood.
> There are plastics now that do behave like wood. Do you think some of the new
> age plastics could work as pin block material?
>
> Willem Blees RPT
>