Assembling artillery pieces

Started by alanl, 25 November 2018, 07:41:44 PM

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paulr

I've just tried the Baking Soda and superglue approach as described above for the first time :o :o :) :) :D :D

Absolutely brilliant, I've completely assembled 9 guns in the time it would have taken me to get the wheels on 2-3 with my old epoxy and blu-tac approach :D :D :D

I put the superglue in the hub of the wheel and as suggested by FSN above :-SS dipped the axle in baking soda before putting it in the wheel  :) :) :)

I used a similar approach for the guns, super glue where the trunnions go, dipped the barrel in baking soda :) :) :)
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Are we talking Baking Soda or Baking Powder? Or are they one and the same? (Not a fan of the Great British F*** Off)
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Ithoriel

Baking Powder is made from bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar plus a filler like cornflower.

I use Bicarbonate of Soda, which seems to work pretty well, but given it's an ingredient of baking powder that should work OK too.

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Maenoferren

Chassis on blu tack and then baking soda and superglue to make an instant bond, then get them glued straight onto the base to make everything secure.
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howayman

Never heard of the Baking Soda / Super Glue trick.
Must go and find some guns to glue together now !
Tend to use the accelerator spray but the joints always seem quite brittle.

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