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I started with a 12" section and cut the lot in half. It consists of a 1/4" round brass tube, 4 pins that are on each side of a square hollow tube, and inside of the hollow tube is a copper hollow tube. When I use the pins, you'll get a pic.
So, after making 2 6" sections, I put less than 1.4 of a tube of DevCon 2 ton epoxy into a plastic pill container that you get from a Pharmacy, put in maybe half of a teaspoon of black RIT dye (I brushed off the thick grainules of RIT and kinda mashed the rest of the grainules), and I took a plastic knife and dipped it into paint thinner 3 times and let the paint thinner drip into the mix.
I thought that it would take a long time to harden, but it didn't at all, and now I have a great 6" section of mosaic pin.
I had enough epoxy left over to easily to the other section, but I wanted to test this mixture first.
OH! Than reminds me, I forgot one important part. I have some clear tubing from the hardware store that the pin fits snugly in (I had to force it in.) I put some super glue on the end of the tube and jammed in the pin, something like 3/8" into the tube, and I put super glue around the edge where the end of the tube meets the pin. Theidea is to get a good seal. I use the tube as a straw and suck until black epoxy comes up into the clear tube: then i know I have gotten epozy right through the pin.
CAUTION: It takes a lot of pressure to do this, so 6" of pin at a time is plenty!
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"Come What May..."
So, after making 2 6" sections, I put less than 1.4 of a tube of DevCon 2 ton epoxy into a plastic pill container that you get from a Pharmacy, put in maybe half of a teaspoon of black RIT dye (I brushed off the thick grainules of RIT and kinda mashed the rest of the grainules), and I took a plastic knife and dipped it into paint thinner 3 times and let the paint thinner drip into the mix.
I thought that it would take a long time to harden, but it didn't at all, and now I have a great 6" section of mosaic pin.
I had enough epoxy left over to easily to the other section, but I wanted to test this mixture first.
OH! Than reminds me, I forgot one important part. I have some clear tubing from the hardware store that the pin fits snugly in (I had to force it in.) I put some super glue on the end of the tube and jammed in the pin, something like 3/8" into the tube, and I put super glue around the edge where the end of the tube meets the pin. Theidea is to get a good seal. I use the tube as a straw and suck until black epoxy comes up into the clear tube: then i know I have gotten epozy right through the pin.
CAUTION: It takes a lot of pressure to do this, so 6" of pin at a time is plenty!
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"Come What May..."