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Sugru - hack things better

#1

Post by laika4000 » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 8:26 AM UTC

Sugru - hack things better
sugru.com

Re: Sugru - hack things better

#2

Post by rflrob » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 8:56 AM UTC

"People are natural hackers, we've just got out of the habit of it"

This is put so well I don't know what to add to it.

Re: Sugru - hack things better

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Post by pierrefar » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 9:34 AM UTC

It seems to be a silicone elastomer covered in a European patent: EP2089465, equivalent to the WIPO patent WO/2008/065406: http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2008065406&IA=GB2...

Re: Sugru - hack things better

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Post by mrbad101 » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 9:39 AM UTC

How much different from say, JB Weld is this?

I know firsthand that JB Weld is horribly messy, and smells bad as well.

Maybe they fixed those problems?

Re: Sugru - hack things better

#5

Post by clopey » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 10:24 AM UTC

Reminds me of Polymorph - looks like useful stuff to have around the place. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfcBWnOqr6s

Re: Sugru - hack things better

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Post by mariorz » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 11:30 AM UTC

so kind of like epoxy puddy: http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/injoy365/product-detai...

http://www.lareynademesones.com.mx/catalog/images/K02-002.jp...

Re: Sugru - hack things better

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Post by RiderOfGiraffes » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 12:26 PM UTC

mrbad101 wrote: post #4

How much different from say, JB Weld is this? I know firsthand that JB Weld is horribly messy, and smells bad as well. Maybe they fixed those problems?

With minimal research it seems that JB Weld is epoxy resin and cures to be hard and unyielding. Sugru seems to cure to a silicone finish, and hence is firm but yielding. Sugru also appears to be more adhesive - JB Weld has to be moulded around something to make it adhere.

Its properties are here : http://sugru.com/about/ : and even to my first glance it seems completely different from JB Weld. Did you bother to look at the web site before asking your question?

Re: Sugru - hack things better

#8

Post by limmeau » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 12:36 PM UTC

Unfortunately, their first production run is already sold out. Would have made a nice gift for geeks.

Re: Sugru - hack things better

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Post by Oompa » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 2:56 PM UTC

limmeau wrote: post #8

Unfortunately, their first production run is already sold out. Would have made a nice gift for geeks.

And they don't list prices. I feel like this could easily be too expensive to make it worth it for many people.

Re: Sugru - hack things better

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Post by aquinn » Fri, Dec 04, 2009, 3:03 PM UTC

Oompa wrote: post #9

limmeau wrote: post #8

Unfortunately, their first production run is already sold out. Would have made a nice gift for geeks.

And they don't list prices. I feel like this could easily be too expensive to make it worth it for many people.

i think I saw somewhere that it was about 7 GBP for a pack. not too bad. I really like the look of this stuff, can already think of loads of uses, including making a nice little stand for my ipod touch to have beside my computer. Could become as ubiquitous as blu-tack. also sugru (súgradh) is the Irish word for 'play'.