Looking for super hard substance/filler
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I don't know manufacturer. Manufacture of rails/sliding mechanism could be different manufacturer from actual shelves. It's an aluminum frame with slots. The shelves themselves are pretty standard steel shelves.
Bought it off CL a while back. Obviously did not re- install properly. Trying to avoid taking rails off to fill with steel (and potentially fail) and just fill the small gap with filler. Shelves do not get heavy usage.
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Based on quick read Rockite may not work--expands and meant to stick to cement.
JB Weld on other hand should stick to aluminum and does not look like it expand.
Did not look into other recommended product sufficiently yet.
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Max GFE looks to be 5x stronger than JB Weld
Bought it off CL a while back. Obviously did not re- install properly. Trying to avoid taking rails off to fill with steel (and potentially fail) and just fill the small gap with filler. Shelves do not get heavy usage.
PS
Based on quick read Rockite may not work--expands and meant to stick to cement.
JB Weld on other hand should stick to aluminum and does not look like it expand.
Did not look into other recommended product sufficiently yet.
PSS
Max GFE looks to be 5x stronger than JB Weld
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I knew a best of the best machinist years ago. He first told me about JB weld. I have some and never used it. I have to think it can't be junk, if this individual suggested it.
Just curious though, What ride on these rails? How much weight, how often? How long a run?
Just curious though, What ride on these rails? How much weight, how often? How long a run?
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The rails have movable shelves on top of them for space saving. Shelves are 3x5 footprint and about 9 feet tall. Heavy Duty, such as light warehouse racking. Metal frame itself, w/o the participle board decking is probably 150-200lb. Each board is relatively heavy and adds weight (40-60lb)
Maximum capacity probably a few thousand pounds, I have no more than 3000lb per rack including weight of the rack itself, really random stuff -- all kinds of stuff collected over the years that has light usage (once a year, e.g. xmas stuff).
Before I re-purposed them for a few hundred bucks off CL they carried liquids (chemicals, paints) from what I recall and other random stuff.
Really light usage. Couple of times per week.
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I now have (usually free) ready access to anything in the steel market. But prior to that, I rigged up Cantalever (sp?) racking (from Closed GM Plant) on very substantial castor wheels running on steel trowel finish concrete to store my hoard of steel. Why the rails? I have other castors you could put 10,000 pounds on. And BTW, not from HF.
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Be aware that most epoxy is going to have fluid properties until it begins to gell... the best bet for a polymer type substance is one that is more "gel" like...
one possible way to prevent something like JB weld from running out due to gravity is to use some type of tape etc. to hold it in place until it sets...
one possible way to prevent something like JB weld from running out due to gravity is to use some type of tape etc. to hold it in place until it sets...
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Im with the others - JB Weld.
https://jbweld.co.za/product/jb-industroweld-professional-size/
Use it fairly often and works great for a lot of projects. It is not a real fluid adhesive so it should be fairly easy to dam up and keep in place
https://jbweld.co.za/product/jb-industroweld-professional-size/
Use it fairly often and works great for a lot of projects. It is not a real fluid adhesive so it should be fairly easy to dam up and keep in place
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Remove both tracks and either flip them around if the other ends have steel all the way to the ends, or chop off the part that is missing steel, then screw them back down butting steel against each other. Add nothing. Subtract instead.