Wood to metal glue recommendations please

[sandusky]

I will be putting .005 or .010 thickness brass on the top of 1/8" x 1/16" basswood to make my own ties so I can solder the rail to the top. I'm thinking pliobond. Any other recommendations?

[maxman]

Any reason why you don't want to use printed circuit board ties?

[doctorwayne]

maxman

Any reason why you don't want to use printed circuit board ties?

 

I agree with maxman.  While Pliobond, and most other contact cements, will make a good metal-to-wood bond, the heat of soldering may either weaken or destroy the bond. 
If you're planning to handlay track, the ready-made circuit board ties are a better and easier-to-use solution, and since not every tie needs to be of that type, the cost should be minimal.

Another option for track equivalent to handlaid is Central Valley tie strips.  They offer several types and the rail can be installed using contact cement.

 

 

 

The ties accept code 83 and code 70 rail, and with some care, code 55, too.  The styrene tie strips are 1' long, with half-thickness ties at both ends so that you can make very flexible lengths to suit any situation by cementing them together using solvent-type cement. 

While my rail is code 83, I use Micro Engineering code 55 rail joiners, narrowing and thinning the base of the rail ends using a cut-off disc in a motor tool, to accommodate the smaller joiners.  I find that soldered-together 12' lengths of rail are about as long as I find comfortable to use, cementing them in place using either LePages' or Weldbond's Gelled Contact Cement.

 

Wayne

[sandusky]

Initially for On2, then O scale 2 rail. I have the materials on hand. I thought I read heat helps set the pliobond. The Central Valley strips are beautiful, but not in the budget.

 

internet says heat "speeds" the bond; evidently does not affect strength

 

[BigDaddy]

I have not personally tired this, but the prime builder of Severna Park MR uses contact cement touched with a bit of CA before it dries. 

The OP's proposal might be a little challenging in a fiddely sense for this technique but for those wanting a rock solid bond between metal a wood, I am confident of the suggestion.

[bearman]

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