Kevlar Rod Attached to Kevlar Plate

Kevlar Rod Attached to Kevlar Plate 02/18/2011 8:32 AM

How can a Kevlar rod be attached at 90 degrees to a Kevlar plate?

If it can be done, perhaps it would make a good sand push rod to push sand out of molds used to make a sand castle. (Plate inside resting at top of mold, rod protruding thru an opening at top)

Concepts of glue, melted plastic at junction, rod & plate all one piece, perhaps just snapping on the rod to plate, etc.

Practical method of testing the strength of the junction of rod & plate to see if it would hold up after numerous uses of preparing cylinders of sand, rectangular shapes of sand, other various shapes such as the stairs of castle.

See page 38 of Invention& Technology,magazine of innovation, Fall 2010 / volume 25/number 3 which has an article on Kevlar.

Dealing with two different things. Rod and plate. They are separate. The junction is what is the main problem.

What about just using Kevlar around the junction, some other cheaper plastic for the rod & plate?