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Originally Posted by The Philpott
Where the crack hasn't caused the material to split into two, i also use conventional (thin!) superglue as the wick effect is very useful. White stains come off with acetone. Where the parts have separated i revert to the slow cure of araldite. All is good as long as the bakelite has snapped cleanly rather than tearing like cheese.
I can see the benefit of threaded rod- large surface area and good 'grippage'.
Dave
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In this instance the superglue was only used to hold the two pieces together tightly prior to using the Araldite and pins. Saying that, a good superglue joint can be quite effective by itself, it just depends on the application. In this case the Bakelite base is carrying the weight of the whole chassis etc, and is being 'pulled' and potentially contorted by four strong mounting bolts. Which is probably how/why it cracked originally.