A quick fix for split wood on an old wooden view camera

[Jim Moore]

Just in case anyone ever has this problem I thought I would share how I fixed mine.

Simply hold the pieces in place. Drill some holes. Glue in some dowels. Clamp and let the glue dry. Trim the dowels.


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Jim

 

[John Bartley]

Very nice Jim. Wood is such a forgiving material and just asks to be worked with.

cheers

 

[Donald Qualls]

Especially nice that, as shown above, if there was glue in the original break line as well as on the dowels, the repair is probably stronger than the original wood. Even if not, it's likely about as strong.

Wonderful thing with wood -- there are a bunch of different adhesives that can create a bond stonger than the base material (i.e. break it again, it fails in the wood, not at the glue line). These range from $20/ounce filled epoxies down to lowly Elmer's white glue. And one major advantage of white glue -- get it hot (like boiling water hot, not like soldering iron hot), and it softens, making it at least somewhat reversible.

Another nice thing about wood -- if you have a wooden camera, you can make parts for it and stand a good chance of making them indistinguishable from the originals...

 

[Charles Webb]

Elmer's white glue. And one major advantage of white glue -- get it hot (like boiling water hot, not like soldering iron hot), and it softens, making it at least somewhat reversible.

Another nice thing about wood -- if you have a wooden camera, you can make parts for it and stand a good chance of making them indistinguishable from the originals...

Jim,
The repair and explanation shown above is just wonderful in my opinion, try doing that with aluminum or even bakelite.

Donald Q,
Makes excellent points in his post! I hate to do anything with wood wether it's a camera or gunstock that I cannot reverse. I also try to match the adhesive to the job it will have to perform. In other words, how strong do
I want the joint? Much can be said in favor of the simple old white glue!

Again, I say "An excellent and extremely help full post"

Charlie.......................