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Re: MEK Dispenser for glueing Lego?
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Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:25:43 GMT
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Ok, given how nasty this stuff is, is there anything else you
recommend that isn't so nasty?
I have one mosiac I need to glue together; otherwise, they'll be
no way on either to get it to travel (and we have to move soon :(..).
Thanks,
-Anne
This one time, Tommy Rainwater wrote:
> Hi Will! When I was at Legoland, I was so surprised to learn that they used
> MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone) as a "glue"!
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> I used to use MEK to clean the screens used in silkscreen printing. MEK is
> some NASTY stuff! Extremely flammable and you don't want to get any on your
> skin. (It won't burn you, but it soaks right into the skin and is very
> "cold"...)
>
> Back in my sign industry days, we occasionally used an MEK hybrid to "weld"
> plexiglass and acrylic signage together. We didn't have the "guns" that the
> Lego Master Builders use, but we did have small squeezable plastic bottles
> with a long syringe needle on the tip. It allowed you to dispense either a
> tiny amount or up to a big pool of that nasty stuff.
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> You might want to look in the Yellow Pages for a Sign Supply company in your
> area. Ask for Acrylic Cement Applicators. (You might want to confirm that
> they are compatible with MEK, as we were using some hybrid chemical in our
> applicators...)
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> Hope that is of some use!
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> -Tommy
> "Cogito Ergo Lego"
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> In lugnet.build.sculpture, Will Chapman writes:
> > I am tired of my lego sculptures being knocked to the floor by the antics of
> > my rambuctious sons. My 1:1 scale Miniland reproduction figure
> > (http://www.actionbrick.com/Lego/Maxifig.asp) has fallen a number of times,
> > and it is not easy to rebuild! :)
> >
> > Instead of placing them in a cabinet, I would like to glue them together
> > (the sculptures, not the sons!)
> >
> > Years back, I've used the Oatey PVC & ABS cements on my Lego globe, but I
> > want something more precise than the
> > "dip-the-giant-blob-on-a-stick-into-the-goo-in-the-can" applicator.
> >
> > Has anyone made a system similar to the one I've seen in LLCA model-shop
> > photos? It consists of a clear MEK-filled "IV" bag, hoisted into the air,
> > which gravity feeds a small handheld trigger gun through small diameter tubing.
> >
> > Does anyone know where I could get/make/construct the handheld gun? Has
> > anyone attempted construction of such a device?
> >
> > --Will Chapman
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| Hi Will! When I was at Legoland, I was so surprised to learn that they used MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone) as a "glue"! I used to use MEK to clean the screens used in silkscreen printing. MEK is some NASTY stuff! Extremely flammable and you don't want to (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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