Once again, I've seen a case of a "repaired" pinblock
( carriage bolts through back, with washers and nuts )
that has failed.
This time, although the back is rock maple, the
string tension STILL sucked the nuts and washers into
the wood so far, that there's a 1/2" gap between the
pinblock and the back frame!!!
( Stretching the bolts, too??????? )
So, I'm about to glue it all together. ( With #8
bolts all the way through, and a thick steel plate all
along the back that CAN'T get sucked into the wood! )
I'm sure it doesn't matter, with the
compreghensive arrangement I'm using, which will
"sandwich" eveything together.
But I'm still wondering: what's better in an old
glue joint ???????
Epoxy: which is very strong but will not ( perhaps)
bind with the old glue?
OR
One of the Titebond glues, which WILL. ( Because
they're both water soluble. )
Thumpe
P.S. "Test Tip": Run a sample strip of all your
favorite glues on the lid of one of those plastic
salad trays, mark them, then peel them off and play
with them after a week or so. You can see whixch are
tough, brittle, flexible, waterproof, etc.
--- Michael Kurta <mkurta at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
Euphonious Thumpe
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