philip pearson wrote:
Also I have a friend that had a pump break
> in half during a lay-up, that was messy.
You guys must be some ham fisted bruts. Slow and easy on the pumps. Just
like a good woman. Everything will go smooth...
I haven't mentioned the
> measured inaccuracies of the pumps yet have I? You need a scale for that.
I have a gram scale (0.1 gram inc's.) and measure just about every batch
that I have dispensed from the quart size pumps, just to verify the mix.
All have been within about 2 tenths of a gram of each other.
> Perhaps you need to build a few more wings to find out what can go wrong...
I know of a few guys from the Carlisle, PA area (BAR/CSS Club) that have
laid up a few HUNDRED (read 200-300) handlaunch wings over the past 2
years and have heard no bad reports about the West System pumps in
question.
These pumps are accurate, simple and hassle free, I think I'll keep
using mine......
>
> Phil Pearson
> Seattle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David L. Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: RCSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Saturday, February 19, 2000 8:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [RCSE] West System Epoxy Question.
>
> >Reviewing my own experience the money spent on
> >pumps would be better spent on a good scale that weighs at least 400 grams
> >at 0.1 gram accuracy and has a tare function.
>
> Yeah but pumps cost only a few bucks each but the scale you describe costs
> >$100, and for doing wings, where several 1oz batches have to be prepared,
> pumps are far easier and faster to use. To use a squeeze bottle in the
> middle of a layup, don't you have to either get the squeeze bottle covered
> with resin (yecchh) or put on a new pair of gloves? A wrist or forearm
> (presumably not dripping with resin) can be used to dispense resin from a
> pump, thus saving $$ you would spend on extra gloves---this will pay for
> the pumps before you know it :-).
>
> David
> Berkeley CA USA
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