05-04-2017, 02:41 AM
I glued up the base of the radio cabinet yesterday and fabbed-installed new glue blocks. Now the cabinet is nice and secure. I bought and used a strap clamp for fixing the cracks and used it to secure the bottom when gluing and it worked GREAT.
Closer look at the cracks and a couple are all the way through the wood substrate not just the veneer. So regardless of re-veneering those cracks have to be repaired-glued before refinished OR new veneer is placed over the top. I have glued similar cracks on the waterfall of a B.F. Goodrich Mantola wood table top and it has help up great the past couple years. On that Mantola I built a wooden mold to fit inside the curve and clamped-glued the crack up, worked great but was far easier to access then the cracks on this radio. That is going to be the issue.
I think I am going to try molding some acrylic plexiglass to the correct curve of the corner and use it as a cull or form when reglue-clamping the crack down. Seen this done guitars with great results (see the link I posted previously).
T
Closer look at the cracks and a couple are all the way through the wood substrate not just the veneer. So regardless of re-veneering those cracks have to be repaired-glued before refinished OR new veneer is placed over the top. I have glued similar cracks on the waterfall of a B.F. Goodrich Mantola wood table top and it has help up great the past couple years. On that Mantola I built a wooden mold to fit inside the curve and clamped-glued the crack up, worked great but was far easier to access then the cracks on this radio. That is going to be the issue.
I think I am going to try molding some acrylic plexiglass to the correct curve of the corner and use it as a cull or form when reglue-clamping the crack down. Seen this done guitars with great results (see the link I posted previously).
T
