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Neil Purling · 3rd Apr 2006, 3:32 pm

Well, it was a very long time ago, about 1984-5. I had a tube of this stuff around and I remember it was for glueing plastic. I used to use it to glue the plastic adapters into the centres of 45 rpm singles. It stabalised all the valves but they weren't rectifiers or audio output types, mixer and IF strip at a guess. Audio o/p was a 6V6GT.

I have some Araldite but it is the 'rapid' sort. I tried it to effect a bodge on some damaged threads on a Enfield motorcycle I owned eight years ago. Under heat it softened to a chewing gum consistency. A bit wasteful buying a whole tube to do one single valve, but how does one recognise the 'good' Araldite?

3rd Apr 2006, 3:32 pm	#8
Neil Purling Nonode Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2,087	Re: Loose valve bases Well, it was a very long time ago, about 1984-5. I had a tube of this stuff around and I remember it was for glueing plastic. I used to use it to glue the plastic adapters into the centres of 45 rpm singles. It stabalised all the valves but they weren't rectifiers or audio output types, mixer and IF strip at a guess. Audio o/p was a 6V6GT. I have some Araldite but it is the 'rapid' sort. I tried it to effect a bodge on some damaged threads on a Enfield motorcycle I owned eight years ago. Under heat it softened to a chewing gum consistency. A bit wasteful buying a whole tube to do one single valve, but how does one recognise the 'good' Araldite?