I'm always coming up with ideas for uh improving the stability of any telescopic pole not just a DX
Commander we do those HCL clamps now fantastic but I've always wondered how good it would be
to use super glue on the sections now the two types of super glue there's
the regular fast setting Super Glue and in the UK I've discovered that
miter fast bond from it's the no-nonsense this is from Screwfix I've been doing some tests with this
it's very slow setting unless you spray it with the miter first band activator but we'll spray
that on afterwards and it takes us it's a 24 hour full set so set this up and then what we're going
to do is check that we haven't got too much super glue that stops all the sections coming
out and we lose 10 percent of the the length you know what I mean so let's get on with it
so
we will put a little bit Super Glue on this the lid stuck on I don't screw the whole thing off
and we'll use a cable tie
or just a bit around there
tell this is supposed to be this is supposed to be slow activating so we don't actually want a lot of
this in fact we want the least amount possible that's the case of just shoving it up here
all right
don't want a large I'm trying to get as least amount as possible I once tried this with araldite
but I lost too much length and still looks too much
so you don't want a traditional super glue you want a slow curing gel
that's important I only a tiny amount
well tiny amount hopefully
I really gave that a good old tug and twist
we'll spray all this in a minute yes I can definitely recommend a cable tie
tiniest mount can't stress that enough
I'll just get a tape measure out make sure these are coming out right
foreign
we're looking at a one meter extension on this one meter in um
old money that's just over three feet
the horse looks too much give it a good scrape around
lovely right one meter
hmm
so we're actually getting full extension on each one with this super glue gel this
could be quite an interesting you know if you um you never want to take it down
ever again just pop it up uh you can glue the things this could be good fun
foreign
problem is is that you
you only get one shot don't you practice once it's cured you'll never get it back you know
I suppose you could tap it with a hammer but anyway we'll put this under long-term test
see what happens bottom line is
just going to open this door
this is my little Proving Ground you see
so let's firmly stuck on
we're down to about the eighth section now
foreign
okay
96. so I do stress you literally need just a membrane
and not a lot oh that's working quite well this extended this one to
102 centimeters uh just over three feet again so let's see
same again
yep same
foreign
pulls out 98 centimeters
there's always going to be a bit of a tolerance somewhere between 95 and 102.
centimeters I think so it's the last one
I gotta stress get the super due the long the long cure super glue gel not regular Super Glue
okay I can confirm the the more Super Glue gel you put on you do lose a little bit of extension
but you're only looking at that much that won't actually matter but it
should be solid I'm going to spray section out and see if we can get
some of this stuff actually into the Gap and really start to cure it
the activator you need the tiniest bit and it kind of spreads all around I've
noticed it's very cool we'll we'll take it outside I've got an old signature nine
on a on a pole outside we'll we'll take we'll swap them over we'll just we'll just lay this
one on a pole sitting upright and uh and maybe we'll string some elements on it tomorrow
so this has been up for a year now it's on an aluminum Pole and we'll swap it over with
the the test one we've done I'll just lay this oh it's been a year amazing no guys
oh look mum no clamps hey just be interesting to see in the wind and everything
if this one comes down of course you're not going to ask me do I recommend it
um for a classic I think you still need to guide it but you can try super glue gel uh long lasting
get the miter kit where you get the spray and and the gel try not to well don't use super good
because it's as soon as I mean as soon as the two make contact what will happen is you it'll it'll
just stick this has got a bit of Distinction and I can I know it's it's the right length and we've
lost maybe two inches 50 centimeters in total but they're all glued together now you might want to
put a little bit of tape around to stop the or self-amalgamating tape stop the water getting
in that might be an idea there we are I'm going to recommend it if you don't want to use clamps
go down super glue gel and activate her and I would say one wrap of self-amalgamated tape
and then two or three wraps of insulation tape and stop the water getting in the joins I think
all right I don't know what I'm what the hell am I recommending I think it's a good
alternative there we are that's what we're gonna do next video is coming up here have a lovely day
ladies and gentlemen I got much more work there it's all r d isn't it hey all good fun I'll give
you an update on this if anything happens all right so get your eye out on the channel adios