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by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor Above: Shown upside down, the base of Jon Staudacher’s trailer is a series of plywood torsion boxes, doubling as storage compartments. The depth of the boxes makes a very lightweight, rigid structure. Over the years, we have featured some of Jon Staudacher’s more innovative projects and ideas. From his extreme […]
On Epoxy Adhesion to Metals by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor Above: Surface treatment can make all the difference in epoxy adhesion to metal. Photo by Manny Becerra on Unsplash We have performed tens of thousands of adhesion tests over the years and many of these tests were done on metal surfaces. Below is a summary […]
My Western Red Cedar & Epoxy Fence by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor Above: Brian’s western red cedar and epoxy fence still looks beautiful despite constant exposure to harsh Michigan weather. Every now and then it is good to look back at an epoxy project to see how it has held up over several years. Above […]
by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor Above: Bob was installing a basketball goal with threaded rod and needed to know how much tension the rods would hold. Bob Warters: I am installing a basketball goal in my driveway. My pole has a 10″ diameter flange on the bottom (9″ bolt hole diameter) with six holes for ½” […]
by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor Above: The final version of the test Brian devised to determine the holding power of bolts epoxy bonded into concrete. When the load cell registered 4000 lbs, he stopped the experiment. The email exchange with Bob Warters in the article Installing a basketball goal is typical of the process we sometimes […]
