Epoxy. Hot glue melts again when it gets hot. Anyway, why dont you just buy a new control? Even on newer things, the replacement is usually not identical to the original. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 12:27 PM Subject: [TechAssist] question for the old farts(you know who you are!) > I have a thermostat/switch out of a circa 1928 refrigerator (it runs on > ammonia). Anyway, the switch is bakelite and is broken. I need some > suggestions as to what will hold bakelite back together the best. I was > thinking hot glue perhaps? I don't trust superglue anymore. I don't care > how off the wall your suggestion is, I will read it. > Doug > > > -- > > Doug Keller > Wis-Kel Electronics > 101 Freeland Ave. > Terra Alta, WV > USA 26764 > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.tech-assist.org > "Whether you're sure that you're going to succeed > or sure that you're going to fail, either way you > are right." > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/