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I'm wondering how well some stuff i made would work.
I cut the aluminum pieces by hand with a hack saw, so i end up with these huge piles of aluminum dust. So the other day i mixed it with some 5 minute clear epoxy.
I didn't measure the ratios of expoxy/aluminum, but it was enough aluminum that it didn't really stick together. I folded it in a piece of paper and smashed in with the vice and left it there over night.
The next morning i got a chuck of aluminum dust that was cold to the touch like pure aluminum, that i couldn't break with my hands.
So i'm wondering if i could just make my own thermal adhesive....This stuff seems like it would have decent heat sinking...
I would have to use a different adhesive though as this 5 minute epoxy will crumble if it gets hot. Maybe some of that 24 hour JB weld.
I'm wondering how well some stuff i made would work.
I cut the aluminum pieces by hand with a hack saw, so i end up with these huge piles of aluminum dust. So the other day i mixed it with some 5 minute clear epoxy.
I didn't measure the ratios of expoxy/aluminum, but it was enough aluminum that it didn't really stick together. I folded it in a piece of paper and smashed in with the vice and left it there over night.
The next morning i got a chuck of aluminum dust that was cold to the touch like pure aluminum, that i couldn't break with my hands.
So i'm wondering if i could just make my own thermal adhesive....This stuff seems like it would have decent heat sinking...
I would have to use a different adhesive though as this 5 minute epoxy will crumble if it gets hot. Maybe some of that 24 hour JB weld.