Engineers tend to ask the kinds of questions nobody else has ever even dreamed of asking. I've never even remotely considered asking whether or not it would be possible to build a functional cylinder ...
Actually, it seems to be a composite material, not sure if it's plastic. Someone was a bit too heavy for a chair here at work and cracked the seat. It's a $1200.00 chair, so I saved it from the trash.
How well would "JB Weld" serve as a bonding compound and Thermal Interface Material? I have a hard time thinking that it would do good at all, but I have a buddy that swears that his Nforce2 ...