Norm, Glue, yes, but SuperGlue on rubber does not work very well - the superglue hardens (becomes inflexible) and the rubber must still flex, so it will come off in time. I built a K2 recently and found the pads reluctant to stick too - so maybe Elecraft needs to monitor their pad vendor's process for a bit, or it may be that the problem is now solved but a few bad ones slipped through, and a few of us "unfortunates" got kits with bad adhesive.
Rubber cement is a better choice, double sided tape is another, contact cement will work great, and many of the automotive glues specifically for rubber (or vinyl) to metal will work superbly - many of these are a form of contact cement, especially if the instructions indicate that you should let the glue surfaces dry (or 'tack up') before mating the surfaces. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > Spent the weekend on a new K2. After finishing up the front > panel board, the little rubber spacers kept falling off the PC > board. They stick, just not very well. After one of them fell > off for the third time, I tried to pick up the backing paper off > my desk with plans to deal with it later only to discover the > paper square firmly glued in place. After pealing it up, it no > longer has any interest in transfering the thin adhesive to the > pad. Is it time for super glue? Any suggestions would be welcome. > > 73, > N7NSD > Norm > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 9/30/2005 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
