crown graphic help cracked wood

[Kevin Crisp]

The expanding glues are very useful for some things and they sure stick to wood. But you'd have to carve or sand off the excess after it expands on this job, and you aren't really needing the gap-filling advantage of the glue since the pieces will be lined up well and gaps will be very, very small.

Last time I used it (Elmer's Ultimate Glue or something like that) on the cracked plastic of the lid on my chest freezer it expanded and handled the repair amazingly well. But for a camera bed, why bother with it?

[Kuzano]

What about "Gorilla Glue"?
http://www.gorillatough.com/

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Here is an eBay vendor selling stainless steel tripod sockets made in Germany.

eBay USA:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Skink-tripod...item45fe086a29

eBay Europe:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Skink-Stativ...item43ad75adf3

Second for Gorilla Glue... available at Home Depot, Lowes, Ace.

I glued a joint on some wood, much thicker than your camera joint. The when I disassembled the unit, I thought... hey, I'll just break that joint. Had to break it elsewhere.

It is also an expanding glue, foams into the joint and out the seams a bit.

[Kuzano]

So the wind was too much for my crown graphic and it took a tumble, the wood around the tripod mount has cracked and the mount area is now loose.
was thinking of using a small brass plate to cover the crack and strengthen it in that area or would that be over kill??
So does anybody have any idea's

Am I allowed more than one response????

I like the idea of the brass plate.

In fact if it were mine, and I was going to have to deal with it in a disassembly situation, I would probably do what Jon Grepstad did with this Crown. I've always like this, and keep this in my favorites.

ONE DAY?????

http://home.online.no/~gjon/crown99.htm

[dave clayton]

i may use the brass plate to cover up the damage and the glue marks. What i did in the end was place the tripod base into the thread, put a small spacer under the non damaged side and crank the plate down it pushed the damaged section into place nice and easy

[gleaf]

For the Gorilla Glue fans. Interesting bit on the glue. Moisture cure glue. It seeks moisture and will penetrate down the crack line following the moisture it can find to cure. Mid football game advertisments are useful occasionally.

[EdSawyer]

gorilla glue is messy and non-ideal for close fitting wooden parts. Aliphatic resin glues are better (stronger, less messy) unless you need to fill gaps or glue wood to something else (like concrete) - those are where GG comes in handy.

[MrFujicaman]

If you could get it in Oz, JB Weld makes a very strong epoxy made just for wood. Once it's dried, it can be sanded, filed, etc. and is stronger than the wood. Perhaps look on Ebay for some ?

[jongrep]

Am I allowed more than one response????

I like the idea of the brass plate.

In fact if it were mine, and I was going to have to deal with it in a disassembly situation, I would probably do what Jon Grepstad did with this Crown. I've always like this, and keep this in my favorites.

ONE DAY?????

http://home.online.no/~gjon/crown99.htm

New URL: http://jongrepstad.com/building-a-la...raphic-camera/

Jon Grepstad
jongrepstad.com