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Elm elb 2 (repair possible?)
Del the cat:
If you must try and save it...
I'd wedge open the split so you can clean out ALL the manky wood. The flood it with your glue of choice, clamping the split up closed.
Once the glue has cured, chisel out a section where there is missing timber, Make up a snug fitting patch, glue that in and finally bind the whole area with fine linen thread which is then soaked with low viscosity superglue.
I recently did something similar on a broken limb of a Wych Elm bow and the destruction tested it! Short video here :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtsNl70iGvI
Del
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Del the cat on April 12, 2024, 04:11:23 pm ---If you must try and save it...
I'd wedge open the split so you can clean out ALL the manky wood. The flood it with your glue of choice, clamping the split up closed.
Once the glue has cured, chisel out a section where there is missing timber, Make up a snug fitting patch, glue that in and finally bind the whole area with fine linen thread which is then soaked with low viscosity superglue.
I recently did something similar on a broken limb of a Wych Elm bow and the destruction tested it! Short video here :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtsNl70iGvI[/url
Was hoping Mr Cat would get in there.
Bjrogg
Del
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Muskyman:
Awesome Del. Was actually amazed at how much the glue and linen thread helped that limb out. I wouldn’t have thought you could do much to save that thing. Pretty amazing.
Calios:
Hmm, I am more concerned about the first part of the process, as i am unsure how to make glue enter the final part of the crack, because of the narrow space, and I am afraid to worsen it by splitting it even more. As for the glue, I have some epoxy that I could use.
Calios:
So, little update, i ve sanded the surface and removed all the manky stuff left, glued the crack and then flattened it. Now I was thinking about making a first patch thin enough to be bent on the curved surface, then to place some other strips of elm and to get more mass. What do you think?
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