Super glue for fixing turning workpieces. A real example of application.

Greetings.

Earlier on the channel, I talked about the successful experience of securing the workpiece to double-sided tape.

This time, when turning a large cymbal, I decided to use superglue to secure the cymbal.

When turning the outer side of the plate, I fixed the workpiece with self-tapping screws to the faceplate.

On the bottom of the future plate, I made a pencil markup so that a "sacrificial" blank could be glued onto it.

After grinding the bottom, I unscrewed the faceplate and fixed it on a wooden blank. For this disc, I marked the bottom of the plate and on the disc itself I preliminarily made the markings so that the faceplate could be screwed in the center.

Next, I applied superglue to the disc and glued it to the bottom of the plate using the markings. A few seconds for the glue to set and sharpen.

It is difficult to glue ideally in the center, so the edge of the plate had to be trimmed a little.

Then I carved out the inside. Superglue held the workpiece securely and it turned out to calmly complete the turning of the plate.

Superglue for shock loading can be fragile and this was confirmed when the cymbal was removed from the machine. A punch was enough.

In fairness, with this method of removing the plate, a few wood fibers from the bottom remained on the auxiliary blank.

A cleaner way is to cut off the plate by removing part of the disc with a chisel, that's why it is "sacrificial"

But in general, this experience of using superglue for fixing lathe workpieces has shown that it has the right to exist and the workpieces are held securely at the same time.

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Alexander.

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