Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Metal Rods for Strength


I want to stick a steel rod inside the channel of the H section of lead came. Super glue doesn't work long term, any ideas what glue to use?

Some people advocate wrapping the rod with copper foil and use that as a base to solder the foil to the lead came. This relies on the strength of the adhesive just as super glue does. It will fail in the long term.

There is a method suggested by Gene Mallard years ago that I have used successfully. It encases the rod within two overlapping “H” cames and does not rely on glues at all. It is illustrated here:









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