Montserrat Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 (edited) purple heart. So tell me why with this hard hard wood, the angel broke off, while I was still cutting that curve at the bottom right, just from the vibration. I glued it back on, and hope it will keep now. Still need to find knobs - that match. Edited January 8, 2017 by Montserrat lawson56, amazingkevin and jollyred 3 Quote
amazingkevin Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 2017-01-06 13.44.18.jpg purple heart. So tell me why with this hard hard wood, the angel broke off, while I was still cutting that curve at the bottom right, just from the vibration. I glued it back on, and hope it will keep now. Still need to find knobs - that match. Quality workmanship here .So nice to see.Your spoiling someone! :thumbs: Quote
Lucky2 Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 Monti, it's a nice looking sign, it's to bad that the angel broke off. What type of glue did you use to glue it back in place, for repairs like this I use CA glue the Gel type. I find that using it, makes it a lot easier to place the broken off piece right where it belongs. It has to be the Gel type of glue, or the two pieces weld back together to quickly. And it doesn't take much thick glue to do the job, just a couple of tiny drops. Len Montserrat 1 Quote
wombatie Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 Purpleheart certainly is a VERY hard wood, so I take my hat off to you, cutting those letters would not have been easy, sorry the angel took a flying leap, hope the glue holds. :thumbs: :thumbs: Marg Quote
DWSUDEKUM Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 That looks great. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Quote
lawson56 Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 Fantastic job,Awesome repair. Never used that type of wood too hard for me. Quote
Scrolling Steve Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 Very nice work and nice save !.....Pretty wood ! Quote
DukeNukem Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 2017-01-06 13.44.18.jpg purple heart. So tell me why with this hard hard wood, the angel broke off, while I was still cutting that curve at the bottom right, just from the vibration. I glued it back on, and hope it will keep now. Still need to find knobs - that match. looks really good and vibration may have caused it to break. I see the grain of the wood I'd running in the same direction of the thin cuts in her legs witch could have cause the breaking, when cutting thin areas like that you want to run the grain the other way. Jerry lonewolf 1 Quote
lonewolf Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 Monti, it's a nice looking sign, it's to bad that the angel broke off. What type of glue did you use to glue it back in place, for repairs like this I use CA glue the Gel type. I find that using it, makes it a lot easier to place the broken off piece right where it belongs. It has to be the Gel type of glue, or the two pieces weld back together to quickly. And it doesn't take much thick glue to do the job, just a couple of tiny drops. Len This would be the glue i would use myself, in fact i'm procrastinating on a piece right now that i hate to mess up on and already broke in three different places. Hopefully i'll have these places back in place and glued on where it won't be noticeable. I'll put up the pics later on, and show. That purple heart looks like it would be like cedar, where you have to be careful of your cuttings and vibration so that it dosen't break along the grain. Quote
meflick Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 Nice looking project. if you don't find the knobs to "match" you could find them in a different color/wood that would "complement" them. So you would have the purple heart signage and then a lighter color wood knob for example that would look nice. Just another thought to try if you can't find something you want. Quote
Lucky2 Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 Monti, if you can't find a place to buy the knobs made out of purpleheart, you probably could find someone to turn them out for you. Do you know any turners, they probably would enjoy turning them for you? Len Quote
Montserrat Posted January 9, 2017 Author Report Posted January 9, 2017 I dont know any turners and my daughter is flying back to Germany tomorrow, taking it with her. So we will figure something out, today. Thank you for the idea, though. Quote
Denny Knappen Posted January 9, 2017 Report Posted January 9, 2017 That is well done, Monti. Sorry the Angel broke off. I use CA glue to attach broken pieces. Quote
heppnerguy Posted January 18, 2017 Report Posted January 18, 2017 You have a fairly large amount of wood being supported by a very small amount of wood left to do the job of holding this together. Even if it had not broken while cutting, it most likely would in transit. My suggestion might be to NOT worry about the exactness of the smallest cut and stop a little early on it. Example in your piece would be to not make the cuts that are partially under the feet. No one would even notice it but the extra wood would be a great help in supporting the figure. Sometimes making small changes in a pattern is a good idea. Dick heppnerguy Quote
Montserrat Posted January 18, 2017 Author Report Posted January 18, 2017 Thanks - I will remember that! Quote
Dave Monk Posted January 19, 2017 Report Posted January 19, 2017 Looks great. That sure messes up your day when something like that breaks. Only you will know though. dave Quote
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