Domestic CA glue is different from surgical CA. A&E did tell me the chemical names, but I had other things on my mind at the time. I do remember that domestic CA gives off a lot more heat as it sets, and can cause burns.
What did you do in your workshop today ?
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What a nice bit of scare mongering that is, been a model maker for years and would not like to think how much CA I have had on my hands and fingers just using the stuff, never had a burn with the thin application we are talking about, the surgical CA is ******** with methylene chloride if I remember correctly, to slow the setting time and reduce heat, and is of medium viscosity according to my surgeon friends, but is the same chemical formula as model shop bought CA except treated to take out any impurities.
Mike
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Phil Pascoe
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The biggest difference between surgical CA and retail CA is probably that the NHS pays about fifty times as much as we do. 
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I used it to glue the incision in my belly button from my gall bladder operation that started leaking, I guess they didn't put enough on!
Sticking two large pads to my belly hair didn't work and was more painful to remove then the operation!
Pete
Sticking two large pads to my belly hair didn't work and was more painful to remove then the operation!
Pete
DTR":3l819rnc said:MikeJhn":3l819rnc said:
The army also had lots of problems stemming from the CA sealing in crud etc causing infections. But yes, I have used it to stick bits of finger back together
Are the army worried about a infecting a grunt in the long term or getting them operational immediately, but have to say all the cuts and lesions I have suffered over the years that I have stemmed the blood-flow with CA have never become infected, then again I'm no grunt out in the field. (hammer)
Mike
I made a metal reamer on the wood lathe, using files then a dremel grinding stone mounted in bench vice + router table style jig to grind the flute. Thought i'd messed it up due to not anticipating the odd stone geometry but then realised I have another flute edge that is okay, I just have to rotate it anticlockwise now.
Ttrees
Iroko loco!
I was just about to cut the last bits of reclaimed hardwoods. and make an attempt at organising a huge stockpile of it
But the scavengers curse strikes upon the one who thinks he can have floor space
Went down to the dump today...What a goldmine !!!!,
I'm sure there was beech somewhere, but all I could get was four doors
Dismantled and in the car by 6:00
There was fire doors too. not that I need em.
If I was there earlier I might had a chance of finding some bits of beech
After these doors and the next round coming, I think I'll have to start a hoarding safehouse
It might slow down then for enough time to do some work.
But the scavengers curse strikes upon the one who thinks he can have floor space
Went down to the dump today...What a goldmine !!!!,
I'm sure there was beech somewhere, but all I could get was four doors
Dismantled and in the car by 6:00
There was fire doors too. not that I need em.
If I was there earlier I might had a chance of finding some bits of beech
After these doors and the next round coming, I think I'll have to start a hoarding safehouse
It might slow down then for enough time to do some work.
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Roughcut":24tslbkm said:
I'll be happy to offer a very fair price for that, I'm going to have to build another bench soon and I'd like to give it a "Best of British" theme with a Record 52 1/2 and a Maguire tail vice. PM me with a price if you're ready to let it go.
Ttrees
Iroko loco!
Tough call roughcut shortening the bench
Hope I never have to make that decision
Tom
Hope I never have to make that decision
Tom
No wood here so look away any purists. Sorry. In fact it wasn't even in my shed cos it's nasty work. But it was just outside the door. Started restoring my old Queenie 8 woodburner. I bought this when I was about 20 for a few nicker. (So about 3 years ago lol ) I stuck it in my caravan up in the mountains of Snowdonia and it saved my life every night of the winter. I moved on but I couldn't bear to part from the burner and she's stayed with me ever since. It's been in various sheds ever since and was rusted up really badly to my shame. It's not a viable option to stick in the house as a working woodburner really and maybe if I wasn't busy 24-7 I'd stick it in the shed but in reality the sad truth is that I'm probably better off with my lectrik liddl fan heater. Boo. Anyway, been chatting with one of the dads at my boys school. Nice fella and he has bought an old railway carriage (I'm not kidding) as an office, stuck it in his front garden. He's having it all professionally restored... We get chatting and he says 'what I'm struggling with is finding an old burner that has character to put in there.'
Life moves in strange circles sometimes. He popped round last night to have a look. Had a beer. So this morning I boiled up a load of water, got the citric acid, meths and washing up juice out. Fitted the brass brushes to the drill and we were off. Several hours later:
I can't find a viable means of soaking the whole stove so it's all getting done by hand. No photos yet it's still getting there. #-o Strangely for me I never took any before photos but this is another stove of the same variety. Beauty aint it?
Even 20 years ago I never realised there were numbers embossed in the ash pit. (You'll need to click the top image to see them) Citric acid and a bit of graft for the win.
In the end I'm sad to be selling but I can't use it and it's paid for my new/old meddings drill plus most of the resto on that. Life runs in strange circles sometimes.... :mrgreen:
Cheers
Chris
) I stuck it in my caravan up in the mountains of Snowdonia and it saved my life every night of the winter. I moved on but I couldn't bear to part from the burner and she's stayed with me ever since. It's been in various sheds ever since and was rusted up really badly to my shame. It's not a viable option to stick in the house as a working woodburner really and maybe if I wasn't busy 24-7 I'd stick it in the shed but in reality the sad truth is that I'm probably better off with my lectrik liddl fan heater. Boo. Anyway, been chatting with one of the dads at my boys school. Nice fella and he has bought an old railway carriage (I'm not kidding) as an office, stuck it in his front garden. He's having it all professionally restored... We get chatting and he says 'what I'm struggling with is finding an old burner that has character to put in there.'Life moves in strange circles sometimes. He popped round last night to have a look. Had a beer. So this morning I boiled up a load of water, got the citric acid, meths and washing up juice out. Fitted the brass brushes to the drill and we were off. Several hours later:
I can't find a viable means of soaking the whole stove so it's all getting done by hand. No photos yet it's still getting there. #-o Strangely for me I never took any before photos but this is another stove of the same variety. Beauty aint it?
Even 20 years ago I never realised there were numbers embossed in the ash pit. (You'll need to click the top image to see them) Citric acid and a bit of graft for the win.
In the end I'm sad to be selling but I can't use it and it's paid for my new/old meddings drill plus most of the resto on that. Life runs in strange circles sometimes.... :mrgreen:
Cheers
Chris
Steve Maskery
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That is an absolutely beautiful stove. I hope you got a good price for it. Fantastic.
monkeybiter
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100% agree, that could even be used as an arty piece of furniture, drinks cabinet perhaps.
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Wow that is beautiful! And great work restoring it. Looks brand new.
Also not strictly wood related but there was drilling to wood so it counts... a bit more work on my campervan conversion. Today, sorting out the bulk of the electrics and starting to route the split charge relay (starting to realise that I should have routed the cable before I put down new carpet in the cab, woops). This wasn't particularly exciting but it's a good chunk of boring necessity out of the way. And the on/off switch is very satisfying to... switch on and off. It controls 2 12v ports, 2 usb ports and a voltmeter. I'll be building the kitchen cabinets around the electrics once it's all properly in. Definitely glad I chose to do it that way around...!
Also not strictly wood related but there was drilling to wood so it counts... a bit more work on my campervan conversion. Today, sorting out the bulk of the electrics and starting to route the split charge relay (starting to realise that I should have routed the cable before I put down new carpet in the cab, woops). This wasn't particularly exciting but it's a good chunk of boring necessity out of the way. And the on/off switch is very satisfying to... switch on and off. It controls 2 12v ports, 2 usb ports and a voltmeter. I'll be building the kitchen cabinets around the electrics once it's all properly in. Definitely glad I chose to do it that way around...!
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