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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Tim2beupinAz on July 24, 2010, 11:35:21 am

Title: Broken pieces of work
Post by: Tim2beupinAz on July 24, 2010, 11:35:21 am: Have you ever finished cutting a beautiful piece of work, sanded it, then as you move it to finish it and it drops and breaks. Maybe into a few pieces or maybe in half. What do you do with it? Throw it away and cut another or fix it. This happened today and I ended up gluing it back together. Just curious how others have handled this problem.
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: dgman on July 24, 2010, 11:40:48 am: Yes, it happens to all of us! If you can glue it back together thats great, If not it goes into the burn pile and chock it up to experience and move on the the next project.
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: Dawie on July 24, 2010, 12:33:56 pm: I am with dgman, that's what I do.
David
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: chief on July 24, 2010, 01:52:06 pm: Superglue works great for this. Don't use ducktape it looks tacky.
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: Dawie on July 24, 2010, 02:04:26 pm: Thanks chief, saves me from trying Duct tape ::)
David
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: dunk on July 24, 2010, 02:09:42 pm: Barbwire and duct tape gives it that....Rustic look and adds $10.00 to the price...LOL
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: Tim2beupinAz on July 24, 2010, 02:59:16 pm: Now why didnt I think if the duct tape????
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: jimbo on July 24, 2010, 04:50:10 pm: On the finer work that I have been doing I use 2part epoxy resin, it sands and finishes welland it doesn't stain the wood like super glue does
jimbo
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: Merlin on July 24, 2010, 05:49:01 pm: Ta for that Jimbo I hate it when the glue shows, two part don't do that...hmmm.....

Merlin
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: northie66 on July 24, 2010, 08:45:41 pm: Maybe some of that sawdust clay would do the trick. I'm with you guys though... glue it or chuck it.
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: Rapid Roger on July 24, 2010, 09:53:21 pm: I glue alot of "broken" pieces with "Titebond" and clean it up without a problem. If it has a gap, I mix sawdust with shellac or pollyurethane or water based wood filler and fill the hole.
Trust me, YOU are the only person to notice it!! Especially if it is a fret type item, no one will see it. And if they do, SO WHAT!?
The true test of a good woodworker is the ability of corecting OOPPSSEEESS which happen to all of us at one time or another.

Rog
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: sp_343 on July 25, 2010, 07:18:31 am: If I have a piece that breaks and I can fix it...I call it a "design feature" and not a "mistake".
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: Dawie on July 25, 2010, 10:24:40 am: I like that sp.
David
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: Russ C on July 26, 2010, 09:38:33 pm: If it wasn't for glue I would have quit along time ago. ::)
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: Barry on July 27, 2010, 11:43:57 pm: It happened to me just tonight as I was cutting a 1/4 oak fret work basket. I didn't drop it but I was a little too aggressive clamping after gluing (sp?).
Super glue is the best thing I have found but sometimes you just have to start over :P

Barry
Title: Re: Broken pieces of work
Post by: GrayBeard on July 28, 2010, 09:09:03 am: I've dropped a couple lately and have decided to try 'maple' since the darn 'oak' is so brittle when the cuts leave small 'bridges'!
I was getting low on wood and today is payday so I am ordering an assortment of maple since the locals don't stock it or it is so darn expensive from the 'hardwood' outlets here. Ocooch should have it here by next Monday and i can go to town!

~~~GB~~~