CA glue

[Annie Grieshop]

CA has little sheer strength -- that's a given -- which is why the clock
fell off the wall and the handle came off the cup.  Where you smacking folks
with the ruler? <g>

Another adhesives question:  what would the most likely adhesive have been
on 1948 ivorine keytops (and, of course, what's the appropriate solvent)?

Thanks!

Annie
in Iowa, new to the list

>   I used a bottle of CA on several projects several years ago.  A plastic
> clock on the wall, a wooden ruler, a pencil holder cup, etc.
> About a year
> ago, the clock fell off the wall. A week later, the handle came
> off the cup,
> and about two or three weeks after that,  the ruler broke.
>   I don't think CA is all that long term, but what I have seen in
> blocks is
> great.  I also think that the increased torque in a pinblock comes from
> increasing the surface area between the pin and the wood more
> than "swelling"
> the wood.
> Regards,
> Ed Foote