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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text4.com
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