This is my first build (yes I’m still plugging away after a year). It is an old school chambered wood board. I rough shaped, split the sticks, chambered, did “final” glue up, and have got it pretty close to lam time. Tonight I noticed that the outboard most stick and it’s inboard partner do not have a good bond. Visually there is a gap ~1-2 mm and I can apply a fair amount of pressure by hand and can create an additional gap of several mm. Since I am this far along and the fact that it is chambered, I am very hesitant to break it apart. Obe-wan Kenobi, you are our last hope. Do you have a tried and true fix? If not, I’m open to suggestions. Thank you one and all for your input.
Instead of fighting the warp, how about filling the gap with epoxy and glass over it. That way it will stay stable and have no flex.
If you are going to glue it, it may be easier to thicken it first with microballons or a facsimile like Herb's diaper fill.
There is another way if it is a case of cosmetics. Take some scrap wood and cut tapered slivers to glue and fill the gap. If it is wedged, it will jam in tightly. Let the glue set and hand plane it smooth, sand, and glass it. The gap will disappear.
from http://www.waveridersurfboards.com: “In 1959 Rich Harbour’s used longboard was stolen from his garage. Devastated, Rich decided to build a new board on his own. Using a piece of redwood, and huge rubber bands cut from an inner tube, he even glued the stringer in himself. The result wasn’t half bad for a high school junior.”
Thank you for your suggestions. I’ve gone with Mr. Jim’s (JTG) suggestion, the caveat being that I did not use inner tubes (I was in Walmart today and forgot, Dooooh!). The clamping method was here is taken from the Roman’s use of of rope to create tension on seige machines, e.g. catapult. Again, thank you all, my project moves forward.
Chris
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[img_assist|nid=1066524|title=repair 2 of 6|desc=Gap masked and opened with soft wedges to allow glue to fill crevace.|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=75]
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[img_assist|nid=1066529|title=repair 6 of 6|desc=“Roman clamps” down length of offending gap.|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=75]
[img_assist|nid=1056158|title=Tags|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=75] Tag on my old 'stang.
I rummage through the bike shop dumsters, they always have a fresh supply of inner tubes, it seems fixing flats has gone the way of the horse and buggy. I still have my repair kit handy.
I snip them at the valve stem, then slit them lengthwise, like in the pics on the previous page, you can get so much cumilative pressure, more than you could achieve with regular clamps and not scar and mar the work surfaces
The process worked great. The gap now is closed. Perhaps predictably one of my bindings did leave a shollow impression on the rails. Other than that I am pleased with the outcome. My little “village” does not have a bike shop, but I am on good terms with both tire repair establishments and will make a trip there for tubes. We are a farming community so there are lots of tractor tubes around. Anyone know if semi-tractors used tubed tires anymore? Anywho, thanks and ya’ll have a great weekend.
You can always buy a new innertube, and cut it up, if used ones are not available. You can also use a wet rag and a hot iron, and steam the dent. Many times the dent will rise above the original surface.
is this means that chambered wood board glue bond coming undone that two objects have successfully been joint using a glue? besides, correct me if i’m wrong but i think it’s not that hard for chambered wood to be attach using board glue, isn’t it.
