A Crack And A Hole In My Sideboard

Woodenspoke

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Loveland Colorado
Interests:I have been a woodworker and luthier for over 35 years professionally and as a hobbyist. I worked on 48th street in NYC in the late 70's with the likes of Ken Parker the founder of Parker Guitars. My luthier interests are only a small portion of my woodworking skills. I have run production shops (not in the luthier field) and designed production tools for small companies in need. I have also worked in the business machine field as well as in IT (Computer support) for several Major publishing companies. I have well equipped shop able to produce anything from fine furniture to production runs of instruments. I am moving to metal work to round off my skill set as a builder of guitars and to learn tooling production as evident by the fret bender I sell on eBay (now sold by LMI not available on ebay). I have started selling guitar parts only because I believe the guitar industry is already saturated with enough builders. I hope to someday move from eBay to a more suitable web prescience and offer the same products at a more reasonable price point. George Brown Pennington Luthier Supply PLS

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Posted March 15, 2010

I know I should try and fill cracks in the side of an acoustic by either bracing it or regluing it (correct me if I'm wrong there), but what would be the best way to go about patching a hole made by a small object? (I'm going to guess it was a rock or a screwdriver or something along those lines)

And I thought the use of wine corks made this sketchy but nonetheless cool: http://www.instructables.com/id/Multiple-G...Stand/?ALLSTEPS

First a picture would be easier or anyone who wants to respond.

IN general you can cut out a patch on the outside with tapered edges (tapers in) and glue in a new piece of wood. Or you can add a wood patch on the inside to cover the hole then you can replace the outside wood as that will be glued to the patch. If its a small hole and painted you could just make a tapered dowel to plus the hole