I was just turning a piece of mesquite burl from Arizona Silhouette and the blank blew out. I attempted to glue it back to the tube as the part of the grain i blew out was only moderately curvy and had shattered into big pieces.
Believe it our not, I was fairly successful for a few minutes; however, I had not waited long enough for the CA to dry before I started turning the piece again. Soon one of the original slivers went flying somewhere in the garage.
As I was searching through the garage for this sliver (which is about the color of concrete if anyone locates it) I was pondering possible solutions to this problem. I stumbled upon a possible solution and wondered if it was just plain crazy or crazy enough to work in the opinion of those more experienced than me.
Could you glue the pieces back to the tube, wrap a paper towels around the freshly glued pieces (assuming that the blank is not close to finishing and you can still spare some waste shavings), coat the towel in THIN CA and let it dry?
I may be crazy but it is pretty hard to tell for yourself, ya know. Please post your replies. Should I happen to find the missing slivers, I will let you know the outcome of this experiment.
Believe it our not, I was fairly successful for a few minutes; however, I had not waited long enough for the CA to dry before I started turning the piece again. Soon one of the original slivers went flying somewhere in the garage.
As I was searching through the garage for this sliver (which is about the color of concrete if anyone locates it) I was pondering possible solutions to this problem. I stumbled upon a possible solution and wondered if it was just plain crazy or crazy enough to work in the opinion of those more experienced than me.
Could you glue the pieces back to the tube, wrap a paper towels around the freshly glued pieces (assuming that the blank is not close to finishing and you can still spare some waste shavings), coat the towel in THIN CA and let it dry?
I may be crazy but it is pretty hard to tell for yourself, ya know. Please post your replies. Should I happen to find the missing slivers, I will let you know the outcome of this experiment.