...take apart a glued joint on an old camera?
I've got a parts camera--a 5x7 Agfa Ansco I want to fix. So far everything has gone OK except a short part of the bed---the part that stays under the standards when the camera is folded---a small piece of wood sort of like a thick Popsicle stick is broken. A short length of rail the standards ride aboard sits on top of this Popsicle stick and are held on with wood screws that go through the rail and Popsicle stick and into the bed---so this little piece of wood is very important. I cleaned up the old glue and splintered wood from the bed and need to cut a new piece of Popsicle stick.
Many years ago I restored another 5x7 Agfa Ansco which needed a 5x7 back. I was able to get a sliding back which puts two 2-1/2x3-1/2 on one piece of film, but it had problems so I scavenged the 5x7 parts off it to make a new 5x7 back. I saved the rest of the parts in the cannibal box for challenges like the present one, meaning I have very compatible finished cherry wood to use to fabricate a new "Popsicle stick." However the old sliding back is glued together and to do a really nice repair I'd prefer to separate some of the glued joints rather than saw the back up.
So my long winded question is---is there any way of softening the glued joints on old wooden camera parts to aid in dis-assembly?
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