Showing posts with label Gluing broken wood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gluing broken wood. Show all posts

Friday, March 2, 2012

To Repair or Not To Repair

Old cutting board
Back to the cutting board.  It's old, stained, and cracked. Its many years of hard labor qualify it for retirement.  But I hoped I could sand it down, repair the crack, and give it another few years on the farm.

Enlarged view of the crack


The Things I get to do today are be a big girl and figured out how to make the fence on the table saw straight, saw the cutting board in two, and plant pansies while the glue dries on the corner that I broke off.   Accomplished all of that list.  No problem.




Board glued and "clamped"
Broken corner.  Silly me.
At this point, however, there is also some difficulty getting the two cut sections to line up evenly enough to be glued. The simple project has become labor intensive, requiring more hours than it worth possibly.

I'd like to hear from you:  Do the hunks of the board become firewood, or do I keep on keeping on with the project.  I'm waiting for your vote.