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It's a glue for plastics. Tim uses it to glue the tips onto the blades. It molecularly fuses the plastics together, effectively welding them and making the blade and tip one piece.
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-Neon Genesis Evangelion
Gott weiss ich will kein Engel sein
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That can still break off with a good wack, mind you...so buy a few tips.
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For every saber I have ever built (which is quite a few), I have always used Tenax 7 cement. You can find it in hobby shops that sell plastic models. It's thin, so it goes on good. I just make sure the end of the PC tube is sanded smooth, hold the acrylic half-ball in position, then run the applicator brush for the Tenax around it. Capillary action draws the cement around and through and glues the tip solidly. I haven't ever busted a tip off, and none of my customers have either.
If you can't find Tenax 7, another good cement is Plastic Weld. It's in a glass bottle with an orange label. It has a brush applicator and is specially formulated to glue dissimilar palstics together.
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I realize this is an old posting, mostly in reference to tips flying off, so I figured to offer my 10 cents on this seeing as we do some VERY hard staged combat.
* ALL glued tips fly off--of any sort, of any gluing, of any shouldering, or what have you, period. That includeds TCSS tips, Corbin's (when he was just himself and not aboard TCSS) and Ultra's.
* I haven't tried a small retention bolt--but I think the sucker's would crack... and it's a lot of work for just a silly tip.
The solution I have used:
1. Glue with your best stuff
2. Wrap SEVERAL layers of thin, clear packing tape around the tip and the saber blade.
3. Make a few "top" pieces that solely compress over the tip.
4. Wrap again.
The tips will not come off--or at least, not until the tape is degraded so far down that you should re-do it.
It is not visible from 5+ feet away. Granted, the more precise you are, the less apparent it will be--it *IS* possible to do it very nicely. I don't really put much effort though... I only need them for staged combat.
Also--when and if the tip DOES break off--it will be less likely to fly 80 feet away... it will usually be much closer due to it having to escape the tape layers.
A final suggestion for UBER-HEAVY battlers--why use a tip at all, just use clear tape with the mirror under the tape. Should be fine for a "stunt" saber.
Enjoy! If you dare. I know... doesn't look pretty--but it works.
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