[Chad Thomas]

All,

Our R&D dept has made some progress with the rodding adhesive we are working on for stone fabrication. We are at a point now where we need to know how important the cure speed is as it may be possible to produce an epoxy that will work for Rodding and Lamination. The rub is, finding a single cure speed that will work for both applications.

I have been told that a 15 minute cure for the rodding adhesive would be great. Could we stretch that out any?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Chad

[Karl Crooks]

Chad, for the most part our rodding would be done on site after the tops are installed, so the faster the cure the better. But we are not the norm, so not sure it matters in this case.

[Jim Fowler]

Hi Chad,

How about developing an adhesive for rodding that will set up under water .

I would like to try cutting the rodding grooves on the CNC, pause the machine

for 5 minutes, glue in the rods then let the router continue its job.

The rods would be corrosion resistant of course, stainless or fiberglass and the

adhesive would have to set up under water.

No breakage taking tops with big holes in them off the the CNC!

[Jim Fowler]

Hi Chad,

How about developing an adhesive for rodding that will set up under water .

I would like to try cutting the rodding grooves on the CNC, pause the machine

for 5 minutes, glue in the rods then let the router continue its job.

The rods would be corrosion resistant of course, stainless or fiberglass and the

adhesive would have to set up under water.

No breakage taking tops with big holes in them off the the CNC!

[Mike Dimitrievski]

Mr. Fowler, very impressive plant ! Now that’s what I call fabricating !

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