Rod Ends
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 posted on 8/9/09 at 04:37 PM |
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Who needs welding?
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6154909/Steel-version-of-Velcro-strong-enough-to-support-buildings.html
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blakep82
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 04:39 PM |
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wow
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rallyingden
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 05:00 PM |
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If it can hold 35 ton / sq meter
How the heck do you pull it apart.
It was bad enough when we used standard velcro to fix fluroescent lights up 
RD 
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smart51
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 05:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rallyingden
If it can hold 35 ton / sq meter
How the heck do you pull it apart.
Peel it.
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Guinness
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 05:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
quote:
Originally posted by rallyingden
If it can hold 35 ton / sq meter
How the heck do you pull it apart.
Peel it.
But if it's attached to a car shell on one side and a panel on the other side, that's going to make it quite difficult to bend?!
Mike
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 05:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
But if it's attached to a car shell on one side and a panel on the other side, that's going to make it quite difficult to bend?!
Mike
That the first thing I thought of, especially when the article mentioned the possibility of attaching façades to buildings. They don't tend to
be very peelable...
[Edited on 8/9/09 by MikeRJ]
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miikae
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 06:09 PM |
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Very interestingggg , i would like to get my hands on some to find out what use i could put it to.
Mike
If it can be done it i will be done .
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smart51
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 06:11 PM |
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I velcroed the transmission tunnel onto the chassis of my Vortx. It was almost impossible to remove because I couldn't start the peel.
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zzr1100rick2
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 06:26 PM |
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Its ok but how do you fasten it to the parts to be held together
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maartenromijn
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 06:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rallyingden
If it can hold 35 ton / sq meter
How the heck do you pull it apart.
It was bad enough when we used standard velcro to fix fluroescent lights up
RD
As I understand it can support these kind of loads, it is not the holding force.
I suppose all kind of new solutions will pop up in the near future. Seems to be fantastic stuff.
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owelly
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 06:29 PM |
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So you have to glue or bond both parts to whatever you're sticking together? Hmmm. Why not just stick the bits together without the steel
Velcro.......and worry about getting them apart another day.
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CraigJ
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 06:36 PM |
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i think its great but id never feel safe if velcro was holding my house together.
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Johneturbo
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 06:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
I velcroed the transmission tunnel onto the chassis of my Vortx. It was almost impossible to remove because I couldn't start the peel.
Yep me too at the bottom rail and ur right, with the seat in its a real pain to start peeling
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bi22le
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 08:11 PM |
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Are you ment to weld this stuff to the two objects to attach? Thats a waste of time then!
Amazing stuff though.
Although a square meter of good velcro with good surfaces to stick it to would hold a serious amount of weight aswell. Any guesses how much!?
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clairetoo
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 08:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CraigJ
i think its great but id never feel safe if velcro was holding my house together.
It'd be a lot stronger than the `mortar` supposedly holding mine together 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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mcerd1
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| posted on 9/9/09 at 07:31 AM |
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the biggest advantages of anything like this is it doesn't take time to set/cure and heat resistance
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wilkingj
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| posted on 9/9/09 at 08:14 AM |
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All very nice, but you need to attach the Steel velcro to the materials you are joining.
If you cant get that bond to the same strength as the velcro to velcro bond, its all academic.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
ie probably the bond between the velcro and the material its attached to. No problem with the velcro to velcro strength figures.
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iank
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| posted on 9/9/09 at 08:23 AM |
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Maybe the idea is to put on bricks/blocks (or even whole wall casts) in the factory to replace mortar . It has the potential to be as strong (or
stronger) while making walls as easy to put up as lego.
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Anonymous
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mcerd1
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| posted on 9/9/09 at 05:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
Maybe the idea is to put on bricks/blocks (or even whole wall casts) in the factory to replace mortar . It has the potential to be as strong (or
stronger) while making walls as easy to put up as lego.
actually that sounds quite good
I just spent all of last saturday filling in an old doorway in my garage (I'm not a fan of all this brick and mortat stuff  )
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 06:13 AM |
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This would have to be crash tested first, cos if it can be peeled off maybe it could be ripped off if half your bumber is attatched to the back of a
tractor
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 10:22 PM |
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35 ton per metre square, what would that equate to for a 1" square on the end of a tube ? I think I'll hang on to the welder a bit longer.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 13/9/09 at 06:09 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
35 ton per metre square, what would that equate to for a 1" square on the end of a tube ? I think I'll hang on to the welder a bit longer.
1 square metre makes 1550 square inches. I make that 0.023 tons, doesn't sound much that...
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