OOPS

[Madman1978]

I drilled this piece and I did not know of the crack! It cracked through end to end.

I am thinking about how I can save this piece. I am thinking to use Expoxy, tube in the tube with the glue, and then filling the crack.
Good or bad?

 

[1080Wayne]

I would try it . The crack is along the edge of the growth ring , so a thin line of epoxy shouldn`t be very noticeable . Worst that could happen is it splitting on the other side when you clamp it together .

 

[tomtedesco]

IMHO the blank seems plain, is it worth the trouble to fix? Start over with another blank,

 

[Madman1978]

This is too plain? lol

This is the last piece I currently have of this cedar. I am making this for a friend and well I don't want to have to spend too much more! I like them. But I don't like them that much! lol

I will have to add her name to the barrel so no one swipes it!

 

[Edgar]

It's a nice blank, and you can certainly try gluing and turning it to see if it turns out ok. However, ERC is very common and not expensive, so I wouldn't put a lot of extra time & effort into it.

FWIW, I drill first to the depth that I need, then cut the blank to length. For slimlines & other two-piece kits, I do it twice. I haven't had a single blank blowout since I quit drilling all the way through a piece of wood.

 

[Madman1978]

ERC?

It's a nice blank, and you can certainly try gluing and turning it to see if it turns out ok. However, ERC is very common and not expensive, so I wouldn't put a lot of extra time & effort into it.

FWIW, I drill first to the depth that I need, then cut the blank to length. For slimlines & other two-piece kits, I do it twice. I haven't had a single blank blowout since I quit drilling all the way through a piece of wood.

 

[Darios]

ERC?

Possibly (and please correct me if I'm wrong) Eastern Red Cedar

One thing you might want to weigh here is that you time has value too, so you'll want to balance that time spent repairing and possibly the time lost if the repair doesn't work vs the cost of starting over.

For example, just yesterday I'd had a hiccup with a piece of macascar where it cracked on the tube. I spent a bit of time trying to repair it with thin CA but wasn't too happy with how the it went. So since I had another piece in house I just started over. Cost me about 1 hour all told.

Now, I can't even claim to be rational about the calculus of this decision. If I would have had to actually leave the house, spend the 20 minute drive to get to the wood store... ohhhh buddy, there would have been thin CA, thick CA, Epoxy, duct tape and rainbow bright stickers on that sucker and 3 days later I still wouldn't be giving up on it.

 

[Edgar]

Sorry, as Darios said, ERC = Eastern Red Cedar

 

[bsshog40]

If I didn't want to waste it, and time was not an issue to me, I would let it split all the way down and then just epoxy the two halves back together. Looks like it following a grain line anyway.