[TheForge] Stuh-hooopid question time...

[Grant Marcoux]

Andy:  Cyanoacrylates are commonly used in the manner you describe for
repairing narrow cracks in knife handles.  Assuming the pressure that has
caused the birch/beech stevens stock to crack has been relieved you should:

1.  seek out the water-thin cyanoacrylates that are made for this
application.  Loc-tite make one of this type.  look for directions that
describe wicking action
2.  make sure surface is clean of moisture or dust
3.  Apply cement...if bead sits at lip of crack, tap opposite sie with
plastic mallet, gently.
4.  Once crack is filled and cement is solid, burnish with 4/0 steel wool or
coarse cloth

grant

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Andrew Vida
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:51 PM
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA; knife-list at kepler-eng.com
Subject: [TheForge] Stuh-hooopid question time...


I have a problem.  No, that THAT one, another one.

I have another gun stock to repair (wood)  It is a crappy old Stevens
single barrel break action.  This pattern is notorious for cracking
where the stock meets the back of the action, usually because things are
a wee bit too tight.  I've filed the mating wood surfaces down a few
thousandths and now need to glue the splits back together.

Ordinarily, I would use Acraglass to affect this repair, but the splits
are very narrow.  I don't know any way to get the Acraglass resin into
the narrow crevice (anyone have any suggestions?), so I was thinking of
cyanoacrylate.  My question is this: what will thin cyanoacrylate so I
can make it nice and watery so that it will fully fill the crack?

If anyone knows a way to get Acraglass into small crevices like this,
I'd be very happy to hear it.

Thanks.

	-Andy
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