Piano wire also works well in this way. Just use a snippet of a gauge slightly smaller than the bottle opening. It will stay put in the bottle and is fairly controllable. WARNING: practice first - if the hole is to big for the string you'll have a big mess. Don't ask me how I know! John Mckone >Dear Bill, > >In addition to the good advice from Newton Hunt (about the long thin >plastic tubing to put inside the CA glue bottle) and Doug Richards (about >the extended length tip), I would add the following. > >Once, in a pinch, I used a toothpick to direct the CA glue to where it >needed to go. I took the toothpick and held it at an angle with the end of >the toothpick touching the tuning pin right above the hole in the plate. I >touched the tip of the CA glue bottle spout to the toothpick, and let the >CA glue drip down the length of the toothpick. > >Once upon a time I remember seeing an old lamp (probably from the 60's or >70's) which had a bunch of nylon fishing line all along the outside rim of >the lamp. Drops of oil would drip down the nylon line, just marching along >in order. The principle is the same for letting the CA glue drip down the >toothpick to where you want it to go. > >Just be careful not to squeeze the bottle too hard! > >David Vanderhoofven > > >>Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 03:26:40 EST >>From: BSimon1234@AOL.COM >>Subject: Application of CA glue to pinblock. >> >>I have a question about how to apply CA glue to pinblocks. >> >>On the block I did in a grand, I had a heck of a time keeping drops from >>spilling onto the face of the plate. I was using a triangular squeeze bottle >>of CA, with a longish thin tip, but the stuff ran out like acetone (very low >>viscosity) when tilted and was making a mess. It was too uncontrolled. The >>stuff went off so fast that I didn't think a regular syringe would work. When >>I tried one the plunger would glue shut. >> >>If anyone has found a way that works real well, and is easily controlled, I >>would appreciate knowing what it is. >> >> >>Bill Simon >>Phoenix John McKone, RPT St. louis Park, Minnesota mckonejw@skypoint.com
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