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On 9/20/2013 3:03 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:
This is out of curiosity:

How good of a bond can one achieve with epoxy to aluminum? How good can
one achieve with epoxy that ordinary folks can mail-order, vs. what folks
who have the ear of a Locktite sales rep and applications engineer can
achieve? How good can one achieve with JB Weld?

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Everybody here has stayed on the adhesive train! I say use a mechanical
solution. Pin or swage it together!