Mirko,

Don't go harassin' Andreas! He's gettin' design and assembly inspiration from this!

Dan.

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"You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’" George Bernard Shaw

You may think its a hoax, but its real! I learned about the 3M VHB tapes a few years ago looking for a strong double sided tape. If you think its bogus, check out this video... YouTube - 3MIndAdhesives's Channel

And there are more videos like that...

I wouldn't build a whole project out of it, but it would work great on something that would need attached after the construction phase that you would have difficulty doing with blind fasteners.

Fun video. But if the VHB is stronger than rivets, then why did they rivet the end pieces on those sheets of metal, to attach to the trucks?

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I don't have as many Festools as Fred. Or Marcou's, or Brese's, or Lie-Nielsen's, or Lee Valley's, or Blue Spruce's, or Harold and Saxon's, or...

I believe those are cap screws holding the ends together by smashing the test metal between two pieces of heavier guage metal, a compression joint. The ends will not pull out because there is a high amount of friction applied to that joint. The test joint is a simple lap joint where the two pieces just lap over each other and you are actually testing the holding force of the fastener.

Got it. Thanks!

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I don't have as many Festools as Fred. Or Marcou's, or Brese's, or Lie-Nielsen's, or Lee Valley's, or Blue Spruce's, or Harold and Saxon's, or...

Well spotted Laurie - ever thought of being in continuity?

I used to use 3m tapes a lot back in the UK when I produced displays. If you used the strong stuff to stick up a display, when you pulled it off it brought the sheetrock with it. We switched to a tape with foam in the middle - better for uneven surfaces and when we "cocked up" you could get the thing off the wall using using a sort of giant cheese wire I made (was often tempted to use it to garrot the clients as well. )

I just fitted some oak signs for a client using a 3M vhb (very high bond) tape - quick, easy and invisible. Back in the days when I was in the UK and they still had a motor manufacturing industry, parts like car bumpers (the shiny plastic exterior part) on Rovers and Austins were glued on with this tape. I believe the new Morgan models are assembled with a combination of glue and rivets (mine was more of a woodworking item with an ash frame )

Richard

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I think I now have TOO many Festools to list

Back in the early 1990's when I worked in the construction department of a retailer, we had hanging metal displays over the jewelry areas - called "clouds". When we installed these clouds in seismic zones there were always issues until the vendor discovered a two sided tape that actually had a documented structural rating that would satisfy the requirements. I can only imagine that even better tapes are now available.

Off topic, it was always interesting to see that the huge tv wall displays like what you see at Best Buy had to have extensive seismic designs to keep them from falling in case of an earthquake. Good to know as you are getting killed by the TV falling off the display.

Peter