[Milsurplus] Metal to crystal bond

[CL in NC]

I chased a few links on the process of putting metal on quartz, many of them are dated from the 80's onward with some really involved equipment.  But, how did they do it on FT241's back in the 40's?  A manual I bought from Tucker Electronics a couple years ago about a piece of equipment I have, included a type written in house procedure on crystal production, Q&A, and procedures to follow on the line at the Midland Company to tweak the frequencies of the crystals as they were checked after initial lapping to freq.  Does anyone know how the metal to quartz bond actually transfers the potential to make it oscillate, and would simple 'Super Glue' make a bond that would work?  I  sure there would be some compensation on grinding if Super Glue did work.  The 1934/35 QST's give a lot of info on grinding your own for FT243 style holders, including the formula for thickness to start from that is near the intended frequency and the design of a saw to cut quartz.

Charlie, W4MEC in NC