Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 I was putting a neck lam into the pocket and gluing it in and thought everything was fine. So I go on vacation. Well, I come back, and I realize that when I tapped it into place, I cracked the body. It is like a 1/32" at most crack, so Its no biggie to fill, but the body also shifted and so it os off a bit. The center lam goes thru, so the 2 piece body isnt flush with itself. Glue seeped into the crack, and stabilized it. Grrr. And, to make matters worse, the outer laminates are flamed mahogany. Fine looking wood. It is a whole inch and a half tall, so needs to be flushed to the middle purpleheart lam. Cant get the router in to all the places it needs to go, so I get to use a HAND PLANE I hate those things. Damn, sometimes I have my design. But! my korina came today, and it smells so nice. Looks so nice, weighs so little. Ah, sweet korina bliss. Korina, korina...... Quote
urbansmurf Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 if the crack is only on one type of wood, get some sawdust from that kind of wood (Get a scrap and use some real coarse grit on it), then take the dust, mix with wood glue (Nothing special, it wont have any tension on it) until its kind of pasty. force the mix into the crack and rub around, leave excess on. alow 24 or so hours to dry, then sand smoothe. if the crack is on several types of wood, you might could get creative with different types of dust, but it would be harder. good luck Quote
JohnJohn Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 That's a drag,gotta hate when stuff like that happens. Quote
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 if the crack is only on one type of wood, get some sawdust from that kind of wood (Get a scrap and use some real coarse grit on it), then take the dust, mix with wood glue (Nothing special, it wont have any tension on it) until its kind of pasty. force the mix into the crack and rub around, leave excess on. alow 24 or so hours to dry, then sand smoothe. if the crack is on several types of wood, you might could get creative with different types of dust, but it would be harder. good luck Good call. Already on that. Just wanted to bitch. Still, nice knowledge. It just pissed me off that I didnt see it BEFORE I went on vaca, ya know, when I could have separated it....Oh well, its an easy fix. PS. My drum sander makes great sawdust. I have a couple small plastic tubs. One has Korina dust, one has honduran mahogany, and another has purpleheart. Works great to mix it in the lid....washes right off. Quote
urbansmurf Posted April 9, 2004 Report Posted April 9, 2004 aye, i also have a drum sander that collects into a bag, i just stick a ziplock on it, sand, remove and label the bag. very useful. to mix it in i get caps off water bottles, and stuff like that and mix with a toothpick, plus toothpicks make it easier for detail work, like if i were working with different laminates let me know how it comes out Quote
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted April 11, 2004 Report Posted April 11, 2004 Speaking of my korina: Quote
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