[Oldnamvet]

Wondering if anyone uses this material? I glued down some sights on a shotgun barrel once some years back and they haven't let loose yet. It was supposed to be just temporary until I go around to getting it to a gunsmith for a proper job.

[brickeyee]

Epoxy holds pretty well on metal if the surface is clean before the epoxy is applied.

The surface must be completely decreased.

Epoxy is used to hold a lot of things in place on aircraft.

[Friendly, Don't Fire!]

If you are trying to free something up that has been epoxied, sometimes using a heat gun to heat the object up just past the point of being able to touch it (say, 150 degrees), will sometiemes melt the epoxy to let it loose.

I remember Phil Johnston's book on Successful Handgun Hunting recommended epoxying with JB Weld the scope base to the top of the 454 Casull receiver along with locktite on the screws.

This is where the heat gun would come in handy should anyone in the future want to remove that base. Then, one could beadblast the receiver top to get rid of any staining (on a stainless revolver).

[scrat]

jb weld is some good stuff. For sure it will work very good for sites. i like the jb quickset though. its so much easier. both are sooo goood. everyone should have some in there tool box

[CRITGIT]

I use it to make extended mag releases for 1022s. Each can be custom fit to the shooters finger. Great stuff!

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CRITGIT

[scrat]

excellent job

[mrmeval]

Cool Critgit

JB Weld is metal filled epoxy and is tough. It's a mixture of calcium carbonate, iron powder and epoxy resin.

[JNewell]

JB Weld is great stuff - for really tough jobs, though, I think some of Brownells expoxy products are even better.

[ohgrady]

Around 1980, my Dad's chainsaw fell off a work table and the handle-made of pot metal-broke right near the throttle. Dad cleaned away the paint and used 3 or 4 applications of JB Weld on the handle to repair it. The saw is still running today as far as I know. I also watched Dad repair cast iron tub traps with JB Weld. Twice during home repair projects someone swung a hammer too close to the traps. I always wondered if Dad spent more on JB Weld than the cost of a new trap.
Grady

[Onmilo]

I use Brownells Accu-Glass Gel in place of JB Weld.
Better stuff and you can color it to match any surface finish.

[mrmeval]

Isn't Acraglass gel more expensive? It says you can mix metal power into it to improve tensile strength.

[JNewell]

It may be more expensive but it's the best, IMO. I have mixed metals, including stainle$$ powder, into Acraglass. The result is basically metal. You need to mix it very well, however.

[Sir Aardvark]

I don't mean to sound like a snob or elitist - but I have switched to using Devcon Plastic Steel for my gunsmithing epoxy needs - which generally entails using it to bed my rifle actions.

I still use JB Weld for all sorts of other things, but in my opinion, the Devcon is a better product for gunsmithing.

What first sold me on the Devcon was learning that the Marines use it to bed their sniper rifles with.

[CRITGIT]

Thanks!
I too have tried the Devcon Plastic Steel and agree it's a great product for those innovative gun projects.
I keep eyeing polymer clay as an alternative molding product.

CRITGIT

[glockman19]

I've used JB weld on mufflers, engine blocks, garden tools and other items and it holds like no other.

[graygun]

I've used JB Weld on various apps,too with good results. I've been to Devcon's site and see they have soooo many products...intriguing.

Has anyone used Marine Tex for repairs,etc?

[Al Thompson]

I've read glass bedding articles by gunsmiths in Precision Shooting where Marine Tex was recommended.

FWIW, I've used that, JB Weld, Brownell's Acra-glas and have not been able to tell the difference.

[moooose102]

i duno about that devcon stuff. i bought a big container of it. my brother uses it (actually, the last time i talked to him about it, he has switched to jb weld) in racing engine applications. i tried using it on several different things with mixed results. when it fails, i get out the jb weld and fix it, and it stays. will freezing out in the garage ruin the devcon stuff? my brother says no, maybe i just got a bad batch.

[gaowlpoop]

JB Weld has saved me hundreds of dollars over the years.

[JImbothefiveth]

A pilot once told me that you never fly in a plane someone has fixed with J B Weld. I'd imagine guns are also a bad place to use it

[CZguy]

JB Weld has saved me hundreds of dollars over the years.

I think I've spent hundreds of dollars on JB Weld over the years. :D

[Hey_Allen]

A pilot once told me that you never fly in a plane someone has fixed with J B Weld. I'd imagine guns are also a bad place to use it

Speaking as an aircraft maintainer, I suspect you'd be surprised at just how much epoxy and various other adhesives are used in aircraft manufacture and maintenance, especially in the newer aircraft!

Heck, the most expensive of the new small craft are the composite birds, made of almost nothing BUT epoxy...

[moooose102]

i would imagine that it depends on what the repairs were. if they epoxied the prop back together, i would want no part of it. but if the epoxied a peice of trimwork back on, no big deal. same goes for guns. try to fix a major safety component, no way, but something little no big deal. like everything else in life, you just gotta use your noggin!

[cmidkiff]

A pilot once told me that you never fly in a plane someone has fixed with J B Weld. I'd imagine guns are also a bad place to use it

I'd take that statement as gospel, applied to Duct Tape... but metal impregnated epoxy? J B Weld is good stuff. If you removed epoxy and plastic from a modern airplane, you wouldn't have much left! I can't say I've ever used J B Weld on a firearm, but if I had need for it, I wouldn't hesitate to do so.

I did take off a few times in a little Cessna that had it's side windows duct taped in place... and that was hardly the scariest thing about that particular airplane... but I never landed in it!

[krs]

I did take off a few times in a little Cessna that had it's side windows duct taped in place... and that was hardly the scariest thing about that particular airplane... but I never landed in it!


So you use satellite internet service?


Where are you now Toto? Can you SEE Kansas?

[jrhines]

..great fun either way.
JB weld is in my shop, fixed a light fixture with it yesterday. There are no bad epoxies, just bad applications of epoxies.
YMMV

[CZguy]

I did take off a few times in a little Cessna that had it's side windows duct taped in place... and that was hardly the scariest thing about that particular airplane... but I never landed in it!

I've always found the landing even more important than the takeoff. :D

[parisite]

I do know JB Weld has made the widow of the founder of JB Weld, Ms. Mary Bonham, quite a wealthy lady!

[jordan1948]

Got some holding the mirror on my my Explorer lol

[Jubjub]

The front sight on my Universal carbine was extended to the proper height with a glob of JB weld and a bit of filing. A bit of flat black paint, and you'd never know. Great stuff.

[mausgun]

JB Weld trigger job on a Pietta M1860 Colt

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The small button of JBW holds the trigger sear far enough off the back of the tumbler shelf
to eliminate creep and make the break like glass.

A scant drop of JBW is applied to the hammer after heating the hammer to 170 degrees
in the oven, then curing it there for about 20 minutes.

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[southal]

40 years building ships , and I have personaly applied it to leaks on the hull.In the old days after launching a ship we would send crews down past the water line to spot leaks, after reparing with red hand it would be machined and painted.. You can find it at marine supply dealers. I agree JB weld is some good stuff. I once used it to repair a leak on a diesel tank under a motor home that was dripping fuel..Just another fine product out there...