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Activity 6: Cutting Styrene Questions

Good morning!

I am not here today and a sub will be covering for me. Please be respectful and follow any directions you are given even if they are a little different that how I would ask. Being a sub is hard work and we need to appreciate their help.

Today, you are going to work respond to these questions based on the Eric Strebel video in the Part 3 section of Project 10. Respond to these questions in a Word file and upload that file to teams when you are done.

1. In what shapes can you purchase styrene?
2. Where can you purchase styrene?
3. What is interesting and useful about most styrene tubing?
4. What is one suppler of styrene stock?
5. What are hobby models made from?
6. What glues work well for styrene?
7. How can you bond PVC to styrene?
8. What technique for glue application does Strebel use?
9. What type of cutting tools does Strebel use?
10. How does styrene solvent weld work?
11. What is the trade-off of using a kicker for CA (super) glue?

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