Have any of you had experience with synthetic wheels showing signs of brittleness? I'm curious if this is one of the undocumented features of this type of wheel.
Recently while tuning my instrument, one of my drones slipped out of its notch (a recurring problem I need to fix, whether it be my technique or a shallow groove) taking a 1/32" deep, yet 1/8" wide chip out of the keybox side of my synthetic wheel. I've since cleaned the wheel of all rosin in preparation for scraping, but I wonder if I could just mix up a batch of Smooth-On casting resin (which is what the wheel surface appears to be made of) and fill the chip, then scrape that down to the original surface instead of trying to scrape past the chip. I have seen permanent repairs to polyester resins done using various epoxies, but I'm pretty sure those users weren't concerned about the sonority of their final product. If I can't find consensus here, I'll start experimenting and will report back with my results. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hurdygurdy+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
