I have a project that I am doing, an I need to be able to laminate thin
brass plates, about .005inches, to mahogany wood blocks. the wood will
be stained and one side will have a black laquered finish, to wohich a
brass plate needs to be laminated as well.
I need a substance that will laminate the brass to the stained surface
of the wood as well as the black laquered surface, and not screw up the
finish, it needs to be clear, and it need to be able to withstand
handling by human hands. basically i am making square puzzle boxes.
any help or ideas would be appreciated. as well as weblinks or stores,
thanks.
nope, can't use the tape, that wouldn't look right, it need to be glued
and lacquered afterward. I am making the puzzle box from the movie
hellraiser.
elmwood wrote:
> Take your brass to a trophy shop. They have a very thin double sided
> tape used for plaques and trophies. That will hold very well.
>
> Eric Morehouse
> ELM Woodworks, LLC
>
I want to do that but don't know how to do all those fine cuts on the brass.
I was going to try to etch it but it came out terrible.
darkman wrote in message <[email protected]>...
>if you have ever seen the movie hellraiser, I am making the puzzle box....
>
>Steve Turner wrote:
>> Epoxy will stick to brass better than most anything (I'd sand the glue
>> surface first), but it's pretty messy stuff. I'd say contact cement
>> would probably be your best bet. Neither adhesive will hurt the
>> lacquer, but glueing something to a painted surface isn't usually a good
>> idea. That's pretty thin brass though so you should be ok. (What are
>> they, nameplates or plaques of some kind?)
>>
>> Oh yeah, it would probably be wise to test out the various methods on
>> some scrap pieces first. :-)
>>
>> darkman wrote:
>>
>>> I have a project that I am doing, an I need to be able to laminate
>>> thin brass plates, about .005inches, to mahogany wood blocks. the wood
>>> will be stained and one side will have a black laquered finish, to
>>> wohich a brass plate needs to be laminated as well.
>>> I need a substance that will laminate the brass to the stained surface
>>> of the wood as well as the black laquered surface, and not screw up
>>> the finish, it needs to be clear, and it need to be able to withstand
>>> handling by human hands. basically i am making square puzzle boxes.
>>> any help or ideas would be appreciated. as well as weblinks or stores,
>>> thanks.
>>>
>>
>
Mark Chandler wrote:
> I want to do that but don't know how to do all those fine cuts on the
> brass. I was going to try to etch it but it came out terrible.
I can't picture the thing. Haven't seen that in years. You can do a lot
with a Sharpie and some ferric chloride though. How did you etch it? How
thick is the brass?
As far as attaching it, I second the recommendation to use tape. Dig
around. I have a roll of very thin double-sided tape that uses the same
tenacious adhesive as the foam core stuff, but without the foam, so things
stuck with it sit almost flush with the surface. I have no idea where I
picked it up though.
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"darkman" writes:
> I have a project that I am doing, an I need to be able to laminate
> thin brass plates, about .005inches, to mahogany wood blocks. the wood
> will be stained and one side will have a black laquered finish, to
> wohich a brass plate needs to be laminated as well.
<snip>
Sounds like a nameplate application.
I'd use double backed tape designed specifically for the task.
Attach tape to brass plate first, then attach to the wood at your leisure.
You don't indicate the size of the brass plate, but sounds like it is
probably 1"x2" or something close.
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darkman wrote:
> I need a substance that will laminate the brass to the stained surface
> of the wood as well as the black laquered surface, and not screw up the
> finish, it needs to be clear, and it need to be able to withstand
> handling by human hands. basically i am making square puzzle boxes.
> any help or ideas would be appreciated. as well as weblinks or stores,
> thanks.
I'm not sure what you mean by "screw up" the finish - since I assume
you only intend to put the adhesive on the back of the brass.
I'd try epoxy.
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Epoxy will stick to brass better than most anything (I'd sand the glue surface
first), but it's pretty messy stuff. I'd say contact cement would probably be
your best bet. Neither adhesive will hurt the lacquer, but glueing something
to a painted surface isn't usually a good idea. That's pretty thin brass
though so you should be ok. (What are they, nameplates or plaques of some kind?)
Oh yeah, it would probably be wise to test out the various methods on some
scrap pieces first. :-)
darkman wrote:
> I have a project that I am doing, an I need to be able to laminate thin
> brass plates, about .005inches, to mahogany wood blocks. the wood will
> be stained and one side will have a black laquered finish, to wohich a
> brass plate needs to be laminated as well.
> I need a substance that will laminate the brass to the stained surface
> of the wood as well as the black laquered surface, and not screw up the
> finish, it needs to be clear, and it need to be able to withstand
> handling by human hands. basically i am making square puzzle boxes.
> any help or ideas would be appreciated. as well as weblinks or stores,
> thanks.
>