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Mat Roop
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:35 pm    Post subject: Broken tip Reply with quote

I have a bow with a split tip. I glued it back with fresh hide glue, but when I tried to cut a slit for a reinforcing spline, the tip broke off again. Is it hard to glue brazilwood, or would you suspect it had been tried to be glued with carpenters glue... although I did not notice any residue.
Thanks for any advice!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Mat,

The best glue to uise on Pernambucco/Brazilwood is cyanoacrylate (Krazy Glue for wood). Hide glue won't work.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thats what I suspected... is it the waxy/oily nauture of the wood or the density?... although hide glue sticks to glass, so, the porosity and density should not be an issue...
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mat,
Lynn Hannings recommends Aaron Alpha brand industrial crazy glue which she sells also or you can get it from Wassco online. I forget exactly if its the 201 or 101, 201 I think. It's thinner than water and wicks very well.
Also clean the break with acetone and dry before you glue it.
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Jack Rushing
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Leif is right. hide glue does not work. I learned the hard way. it fell
apart about an hour after I starting playing. I now use loctite super
glue. So far, it is holding very well. Maybe I should have splined or
pegged it too, but it was a nice clean break.
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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have used Gorilla glue successfully for this repair. Use caution though because it expands and you have to keep it wiped off before it dries or you will have to chisel off the excess.
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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JacK Rushing wrote:
Leif is right. hide glue does not work. I learned the hard way. it fell
apart about an hour after I starting playing. I now use loctite super
glue. So far, it is holding very well. Maybe I should have splined or
pegged it too, but it was a nice clean break.


I would spline it. It will come apart at some point!

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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fiddlemaker wrote:
I have used Gorilla glue successfully for this repair. Use caution though because it expands and you have to keep it wiped off before it dries or you will have to chisel off the excess.


Ya, gorilla glue works well for a lot of things, but with a small gluing surface I would worry about the air bubbles not allowing good contact... but then again it IS gorilla glue...
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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jack H. wrote:
fiddlemaker wrote:
I have used Gorilla glue successfully for this repair. Use caution though because it expands and you have to keep it wiped off before it dries or you will have to chisel off the excess.


Ya, gorilla glue works well for a lot of things, but with a small gluing surface I would worry about the air bubbles not allowing good contact... but then again it IS gorilla glue...


When I say I use Gorilla glue I was referring to intalling a spline, not just gluing the tip back on.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For any kind of joint but especially for oily hardwoods, G2 epoxy by Industrial Formulators is THE stuff to use. They laminate wooden aircraft props with this glue. It ain't coming apart. I have used this on broken bow tips, but it's still wise to put a slit on the centerline and laminate in a reinforcing slip of wood. Model aircraft birch plywood can be obtained in very thin pieces and may be stained the same color as the bow.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks everyone for all the input... I guess I will try G2 first......Mat
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After rehairing my bow, the tip broke off.
Here is a picture:

It is a clean crack and the glueing surface is pretty big.
Do you think it is sufficient to glue it with cyanoacrylate, or should I spline it?
If so, what kind of wood should be used and how deep should I cut the slit for the spline?

Thanks a lot,
Matthias
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Jack H.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

M.Lange wrote:
After rehairing my bow, the tip broke off.
Here is a picture:

It is a clean crack and the glueing surface is pretty big.
Do you think it is sufficient to glue it with cyanoacrylate, or should I spline it?
If so, what kind of wood should be used and how deep should I cut the slit for the spline?

Thanks a lot,
Matthias


Hey,
Use crazy glue and either spline it with Pernambucco ( not stained birch) or you can use a pin, dowel or screw from inside or the outside.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

At the Banff Vioin Restoration workshop last summer we did a repair of this sort under the supervision of Derek Wilson. We used G2 and Derek. with amazing skill. invisibly pinned the head as well with broken jeweller's saw blades. To do this he used an Archimides hand drill and drilled the hole free hand carefully measuring everything-- and of course looking through a loupe. Not a job for an amateur! (For those of you who don't know, Derek is No. 21 in the Hill catalogue) The repair came out INVISIBLE with some astounding touch up work. Best of luck, and don't rush!

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank You Jack and Stefano.
I don't have any Pernambucco to make the spline, so I will try to pin it.
Stefano, I don't think I really understand your method. Where do you drill the hole? From the underside, as it is done with normal pins? And which diameter should I choose for the holes?

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