Super glue to fill gaps

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Lance:

My son Jim Jr has found hundreds of little jobs like this which are 
ideal for using CA glue.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, lance lafargue wrote:

> I was wondering how others felt about superglue as a gap filler on this
> repair.  I did a bridge repair a couple of months ago.  The bridge had come
> unglued from the apron.  I got glue into the bridge/apron joint, then
> countersunk a screw to hold it with the head about 1/16" below the surface
> of the bridge top.  I had no epoxy on hand and not enough room for a dowel,
> so I filled the space above the screw head with superglue since some string
> would pass over the space and I wanted it to be hidden.  I sanded it flat,
> graphited, burnished, and restrung.  How do you think this use of superglue
> might work over time?  Should I do it again?  It was rock hard, I couldn't
> seem to chip it and it looked pretty good.  Thanks. 
> 
> LANCE LAFARGUE, RPT
> LAFARGUE PIANO SERVICES
> New Orleans Chapter
> Mandeville, LA.
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