woodchuck handle thoughts

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In an attempt to get myself out of a mental "funk" that has lasted for weeks now, I decided to go back in my shop and get some work done, But first i had to clean it up which it needed BADLY... While cleaning, I ran across a hunk of my old PR pen pro handle and i started thinking about re-doing it, but i have a couple of obstacles to overcome first.


When i busted the handle off, the gorilla glue inside the hole was still wet, after being in there for several weeks. I was curious.. is this a problem associated with the fact that i used PR, and it has about zero absorption versus a piece of wood that would absorb the moisture from the glue causing it to dry?

While this would be a setback, I have still not given up on an alternative material handle for my tool. I am determined to find something that is different than the norm, and functional. I want to find out a comparison of tensile strength of wood to other materials and that might help me find something. I wonder if i was able to find something, and if it is non porous, could i drill small vent holes every so often that would allow more air to enter for the drying process, and then I could fill the holes with epoxy, or JB weld, or something similar...


Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
I've tried the gorilla glue that I think your talking about, and when you say "wet" I assume you mean uncured...

If its the white "expanding" foamy kind, then yes... Glass Scratcher is right and you need water to kick start it....

That being said - I can't imaging a better place for epoxy. Two part epoxy doesn't need air or anything to cure. I would think that would be by far the better answer here..

PS.. Glad your using shop time to help (and us here too) to get into a better mood.
 
I use gorilla glue on my pen tubes and never had any problems. You do have moisten the inside of the hole before applying the glue so it has something to catalyze with. Any hard wood should work nicely.
 
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