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Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips

Author: jasperbay  Date:   2010-04-26 16:15 While Mr. Smale's view that CA glue+dust is of 'cosmetic value' only may seem a trifle pessimistic, there is much truth in what he says; I would agree that the glued crack has no awesome strength, if the wood wants to continue to move, its probably going to! Will pins help? Probably somewhat, but I think you'll have a hard time finding a repairman who will warrenty a crack repair very far into the future. My experience is mostly with vintage clarinets, in whose internal stresses have long ago been worked out, and not a lot of strength is needed to both seal the crack, and stabilize it to some degree. This is hardly 'of cosmetic use only' as it allows me to play these old gals to my hearts content. I've seen mention of the carbon fibre banding technique in other threads, does this use 'bands', or carbon-fibre thread wrapped around and stabilized with something like CA glue, or epoxy resin? An aside for Mr. Smale: I just picked up off the auction site a Leblanc alto (with swan neck) $155 US, with several repaired cracks in the throat area. Wish me luck!! Clark G. Sherwood

Topics	Author	Date
DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	jasperbay	2010-04-22 17:47
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	David Spiegelthal	2010-04-22 17:53
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips	knotty	2010-04-22 17:59
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	David Spiegelthal	2010-04-22 18:29
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	jasperbay	2010-04-22 19:26
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Chris P	2010-04-22 21:09
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	John Peacock	2010-04-22 21:58
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Chris P	2010-04-22 22:21
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	knotty	2010-04-22 23:04
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips	Chris J	2010-04-23 00:43
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	jasperbay	2010-04-23 01:23
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	clarnibass	2010-04-23 04:41
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	BartHx	2010-04-23 16:00
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	BobD	2010-04-23 19:21
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Gordon (NZ)	2010-04-25 06:17
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	dansil	2010-04-25 13:38
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Gordon (NZ)	2010-04-25 14:31
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	dansil	2010-04-26 01:57
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Chris J	2010-04-26 02:23
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	jasperbay	2010-04-26 04:14
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	clarnibass	2010-04-26 04:35
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	clarnibass	2010-04-26 04:51
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Chris J	2010-04-26 05:33
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	clarnibass	2010-04-26 06:17
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Gordon (NZ)	2010-04-26 11:52
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Caroline Smale	2010-04-26 14:28
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips	jasperbay	2010-04-26 16:15
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Mark Charette	2010-04-26 16:21
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	jasperbay	2010-04-26 18:20
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Caroline Smale	2010-04-26 23:28
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	jasperbay	2010-04-27 04:11
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	Gordon (NZ)	2010-04-27 16:00
Re: DIY crack repair and CA glue-use tips  new	jasperbay	2010-04-27 17:41

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