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kihon

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Any luck with cement stators
« on: March 05, 2009, 12:21:10 PM »
Hi All,


Im currently casting my first stator - using polyester resin. But Im considering trying another set using cement. Has anyone actually tried using cement for a stator? Any luck? I get the feeling that thin stators will be too fragile.


Kihon

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Re: Any luck with cement stators
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2009, 05:36:45 AM »
I was thinking the same thing.

I just made one of those handprint casting kits ($6.50 at the Hobby Lobby).  Fine, smooth, creamy cement that would go into the coils pretty decent.

Not sure how brittle when set.

Maybe nylon window screen would act like rebar.

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Re: Any luck with cement stators
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2009, 05:51:42 AM »
kihon;


Do not mistake me for an expert!


Assuming when you say cement you mean concrete:


I think your cement stator may work but the stresses would kill it in short order. Vibration and torque loads seem to be the enemy of concrete. Both are acting on the stator. Maybe chopped glass fiber would help it but I usually think of concrete as only good in compression not so good in deflection loading.


One other point:


calling concrete "cement" is like calling bread "flour". Cement is a component of concrete. Cement alone would be very fragile but with the right aggregate and mix it could be pretty tough.


A sack of portland cement and a pile of crushed recycled bottles / rock / sand or whatever aggregate you choose would build a bunch of stators for cheap compared to resins, I think.


Again just my feelings from using the stuff over the years.


Tom

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Re: Any luck with cement stators
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 07:34:11 AM »
I thought I remembered a user actually casting some Cement stators but I couldn't find it. Here is some discussion about concrete stators . . .

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2007/10/8/84024/5324
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