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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:10:03 +0000, TheHiddenPoster wrote:

Ok. A nasty thing happened to me. At the doctors office I slipped my
Talentum into my jeans pocket. I went into one of the examining rooms
and decided to make a note. I pulled my pen out, and voila. The body
is a smooth cylinder that changes width about one and a quarter
centimeters from the top. The top broke of cleanly where the width
changed.

So the disaster gave me a chance to try something I've been wanting
to do for a while. I ran out and got a bottile of "Gorilla Glue",
which I've been hearing about for a while.

Big problem though. You need to clamp the object. So a little
creativity, I rolled up a sheet of paper which I put in the pen and
adjusted to fit snugly. Then I took an old pill bottle put in a bunch
of cotton. Put the body in with the end just barely sticking out. I
put a weight on top. A couple more pill bottles to add stability to
the weight. Not perfect but seemed to do the trick.

From a distance looks like nothing has happened. Though close
examination does reveal the break. Will let you know how it stands
up.

Next a Waterford where the feed slides out of the sleeve with the
threading. Though It will be harder to clamp.

It did not work. The pen held together at least an hour when used, but
the minute I screwed the cap on and off, the neck broke off. The
problem is that the break is too clean.There are no ridges or anything
to grab hold off, so the only thing holding the neck on is the glue,
and it can't handle sidewise strain. Since this is exactly the same
weakness that crazy glue has, I'm pretty certain crazy glueon't work.
So I am looking for other suggestions. Any help?


Gorilla Glue is mainly for wood working. It requires you wet the surfaces
first before it sets up, you know. And it swells some when it sets up to
fill any voids, which is why wood workers love it.