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Grumpy Turner

Gil

>Well I went out bought a new drill today so I could power sand these 20 cherry bowls I turned fairly recently. I had the perfect piece for my friends wedding gift, nice natural edge spalted, curly all the goodies. As it was drying on top of the furnace it fell to the floor and now has a fairly large crack up one side of it. I had already applied the finish and removed the waste block. Any hints on how to repair this baby? Maybe some CA glue into the wound and rechuck it to resand? or hand sand the cracked area?

Thanks,

Gil

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If it has only one crack....

TD

>I would lace it. Either rawhide or copper wire would work. If you need a source for rawhide let me know. Another option would be leather boot laces.

TD

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jared

>remove 1 for email

I have made a couple of ash bowls that eventually cracked up the side. I got some light copper wire, drilled a series of holes on each side of the crack and laced it together just like pair of shoes. I even widened the crack out a little , once with a carving knife and once with a hack saw blade. It really did look nice and the people that received them actually thought more of them and liked them better than the ones that werent laced. Jared

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Ken Grunke

>If you decide to glue it, don't use CA glue--go to "Russ's Corner" in the sidebar and read his excellent article on glues and woodturning to find out why.

Actually, just go here:


"Everything I Know About Glue" by Russ Fairfield