On 11/25/2015 6:02 PM, Dave Cavanaugh wrote:
> If this is a small piece and super glue type glue would work, you can
> buy super glue accelerator spray, and put the super glue on one part,
> spray the accelerator on the other part and as soon as you put the
> pieces together, they are stuck. Make sure everything fits because
> you only get one shot.
>
> "Superglue" has come a long way, there are lots of isocyanurate glues
> these days and one of them might work.
>> http://www.rockler.com/adhesives/ca-glue
Word of caution. Superglue does not fill gaps well. It's likely the
wood has moved either from moisture or release of tension, so will have
gaps.
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> On 11/25/2015 9:44 AM, Jim Stone wrote:
>> My cousin just asked me to try to repair a wooden giraffe carving he
>> purchased
>> many years ago in Africa. The statue (I think it is about 1 ft tall)
>> fell and
>> broke into three pieces: the bottom of the neck snapped off from the
>> body and
>> the body snapped off from the base. Ibm game to give it a try, but
>> stuck
>> trying to figure out how to excerpt proper clamping force on the two
>> joints,
>> especially the neck joint. Are the special clamps that might do the
>> trick, or
>> special tricks that anyone knows?
>>
>> Thanks,
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