Well, I just came back in from the shop after rocketing through all the stages of grief. I’d been working on a print that’s comprised of numerous parts. Probably 12 hours of combined printing. I then spent about 3 hours today finishing with sanding, spot putty, etc. I needed to glue two of the parts before priming (one a 4 hour print, the other 1,5hr). I’d also already screwed these 2 parts up earlier in the week when I tried to print both at the same time. 4 hours lost.After carefully aligning everything, I busted out my Loctite super glue gel control that I just purchased and stuck the pieces together. 10 seconds later I realized the part was upside down. Panic consumed me.DenialSurely it can’t set this fast right? I tried to pry them apart with my pitiful human strength. Then I grabbed a mallet. A gentle tap. A mild tap. This isn’t possible!AngerI can’t believe I’ve done this! I hate this glue! I hit it again. This time harder than I know I should and it still didn’t budge.** 30 seconds into the glue application **BargainingNo! Please if this works I’ll always triple check before gluing! I’ll never do it again! I ran into the shop and locked the part into a vice. I grabbed a deadblow hammer and a chunk of hardwood. I hit it with all my strength and watched it fly across the shop and hit the wall. Again I locked it into the vice and cranked it so hard I could hear the PLA cracking under tension. I hit it again and it just tore chunks from part while it flew into the air again. Still intact.Revisiting AngerI go across the shop and pick up the the beast with 2 parts. I curse its existence. I told it how I regretted bringing it into this world. I threw it as hard as I could against the concrete floor and plastic shrapnel wizzed passed my face into the ceiling.DepressionI found both parts and looked at them. They finally cleanly separated like there was never any glue. Both pieces also looked like the Terminator’s face after battling the t-1000. Giant chucks missing from both parts. I saw the 30% infill inside my parts. I just wasted 6 hours with 10 seconds of stupidity. My throat also hurts from yelling every profanity I could dream up. Like my stupid pieces of plastic, I was broken and ashamed.AcceptanceI looked at the clock and realized if I started printing now that I could finish printing both parts somewhere around midnight. Then I could start the finishing process again tomorrow. At least I have full confidence in the strength of my glued parts.TLDR: Use superglue responsibly. If you’re trying to glue 2 PLA parts together, use a $4 bottle of Loctite super glue gel control and pray you don’t need to take them apart. http://ift.tt/2BgxGjL