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Newcastle Kid
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 Posted - 02/16/2012 : 8:53:30 PM
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Pretty cool tool-if it performs as advertised. Can't see why it wouldn't then got to thinking of a large bore hypodermic for styrene cement.
This one is for CA cement, a fork tonged thingy that you dip in CA and apply.
Reviews?
http://www.flex-i-file.com/adhesives.php
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John Kerekes
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R.BOUDREAUX
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Posted - 02/16/2012 : 9:16:32 PM
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John,
I seem to remember a post, not to long ago, where someone took a needle and cut off the top end to form a double prong CA applicator.
I tried it and it works pretty good.
I cannot remember the exact date. Sorry.
Rich
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AVRR-PA
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Posted - 02/16/2012 : 9:53:38 PM
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Hi, John --
Like Rich said... I get the same effect by drilling a hole in a piece of dowel, epoxying in a sewing needle, and then using my grinder to grind away half of the head of the needle, leaving a two-prong applicator. By using different sized needles, you can create a variety of applicators.
Don
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desertdrover
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Posted - 02/16/2012 : 9:54:46 PM
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Originally posted by R.BOUDREAUX
John,
I seem to remember a post, not to long ago, where someone took a needle and cut off the top end to form a double prong CA applicator.
I tried it and it works pretty good.
I cannot remember the exact date. Sorry.
Rich
Maybe this thread Rich? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8416&whichpage=5
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hon3_rr
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Posted - 02/16/2012 : 10:34:51 PM
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I made the applicator using Don's (AVRR-PA) method, and it works pretty well, but I only have one size. I tend to however apply CA like I do with other glues... force of habit I guess. My standard method is to put a drop of CA on a business card and then dip a toothpick in it to apply to the surface. On some of the "Thin" CA's I use some Micro-tubing in the cap nozzle and add small amounts to a surface. If you use the Micro-tubing, make sure to cut the application end at an angle for better control of glue application.
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R.BOUDREAUX
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AVRR-PA
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Posted - 02/17/2012 : 07:30:15 AM
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Here's another idea, from a book on building plastic model aircraft. Warning - I haven't actually tried this.
The author takes thin nylon tubing and stretches it over a candle flame - like stretching sprue to make an antenna. He stretches it until the inside diameter is pretty darn tiny (sorry about the unscientific measurement). Then he cuts it in half and cuts off both sides so they can be forced down over the tip of his CA bottle. Makes a very precise applicator.
It does clog because the CA cures at the tip. He just keeps snipping off a tiny bit of the tip until it gets too large and then makes another one.)
"Building and Detailing Model Aircraft" by Pat Hawkey. Page 20.
FWIW
Don
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northern6400
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Posted - 02/17/2012 : 09:33:39 AM
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I have done the same as Louis but I also use a plain sewing pin and cut the flat head off, bend it at a 45 deg. and insert it into a dowel or a old pinvise.I use this for all glues.
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lab-dad
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Posted - 02/17/2012 : 09:51:49 AM
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I just use different diameters of music wire.
Usually .015.
When dirty clean with a flame.
I found the needle was too much CA.
Mj
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AVRR-PA
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Posted - 02/17/2012 : 10:05:52 AM
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Originally posted by lab-dad
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When dirty clean with a flame.
Mj
Yep - I learned that trick from KarlO. Even though I don't smoke, I keep a butane cigarette lighter handy. 
Don
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deemery
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Posted - 02/17/2012 : 10:20:02 AM
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I very much like these 'small fork' ACC tools. I make my own by cutting the eye of an embroidery needle and then sticking the fork part into a 1/4" dowel. I have a couple with different 'fork' sizes to control how much ACC gets applied. And as noted, I clean mine with a 'flick of the Bic.' Keep the fork at the very top of the flame and remove the lighter once the ACC catches fire.
Every so often I clean the charcoal from the eye with a #11 (worn out :-) X-Acto knife blade.
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mwbpequod
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Posted - 02/25/2012 : 8:05:24 PM
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I take it that the ultimate purpose is the application of a very discrete amount of glue in a very controlled fashion by use of this applicator?
I've found some new tips for the CA botles that work rather well for this.
The tip is less than 0.020 OD and the ID is such that with medium viscosity CA that I find I hae to nip the tip back a good ways to get enough flow w/o getting a cramp in my hand from squeezing the bottle!
These also don't have a annoying propensity to clog as well. Not a plastic that CA binds well to; any bit that dries on it flakes off quite easily.
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desertdrover
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Posted - 02/25/2012 : 10:18:23 PM
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Nice find Martin. Where does one get that applicator?
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mwbpequod
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Posted - 02/26/2012 : 10:24:50 AM
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Originally posted by desertdrover
Nice find Martin. Where does one get that applicator?
Well, from me is one option,
If you've got access to a biotech or bio research lab, the tip is just an ultrafine micropipette tip with the pipetter end cut off so that is very snuggly fits over the tip of the CA bottle.
I'm not sure what 10k of them costs, so buying a case might be a few more than you need in your lifetime, 
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Ironhand_13
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Posted - 03/20/2012 : 5:37:04 PM
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Stumbled on this thread late, but that applicator mwbpequod posted is about the same one I've used for over year. My LHS sells them in a bag of five for about $1.99. They're about 6 inches of stretched plastic tube, that I also agree, I had to cut back to prevent a serious hand cramp. The cool thing is you no longer need a cap. Haven't had my glue dry up in well over a year with just this on top. Sometimes the glue does form a plug, but a quick snip with some nail clippers and there ya go. And I still have 4 left over collecting dust...maybe as some kind of super-detailing wash applicator for tight spots?? hmm...
I can see where those busted-needle applicators would certainly have their uses, so making some is on my 'To-Do' list.
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mwbpequod
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Posted - 03/22/2012 : 1:28:44 PM
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Originally posted by Ironhand_13
Stumbled on this thread late, but that applicator mwbpequod posted is about the same one I've used for over year. My LHS sells them in a bag of five for about $1.99. They're about 6 inches of stretched plastic tube, that I also agree, I had to cut back to prevent a serious hand cramp. The cool thing is you no longer need a cap. Haven't had my glue dry up in well over a year with just this on top. Sometimes the glue does form a plug, but a quick snip with some nail clippers and there ya go. And I still have 4 left over collecting dust...maybe as some kind of super-detailing wash applicator for tight spots?? hmm...
I can see where those busted-needle applicators would certainly have their uses, so making some is on my 'To-Do' list.
Interesting.....but not the same thing. What I showed are actually molded, a little over 2", and not stretched tube, but rigid plastic.
I think I'll be able to undercut that price -- maybe 5/$1,
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