A bead of glue was set on the inside edge to make the diameter a bit smaller and the fit tighter.
Don't glue the tube in yet, the dried glue bead will make a tighter fit of the tube segment.
After the glue dries, lightly sand the interior with 400 grit.
Fillets were done in short segments, an inch of glue at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock positions.
After the short fillets dried, the rest of the joint got fillets to finish it out.
Are you saying that you only glued the tube to the ring with fillets? That would seem reasonable, but not certain if that's what you're really saying.
ReplyDelete(I nabbed one of these during the most recent Cyber Monday sale, haven't built it yet)
Hi Neil,
DeleteWhen assembling the ring to the saucer base there was only glue fillets applied. Before I had added a glue bead on the base ring to make the fit tighter. When the wet glue fillet hit that bead of dried glue, it made a very strong joint.