of course, one can side-step the dilemma altogether by simply switching to a charango - made from one, solid piece of wood - and reduce the number of constitute parts to your instrument requiring glue.
hola! - bill On Mercoled�, ago 11, 2004, at 06:44 Europe/Rome, Jon Murphy wrote: > Agree with all on the glues, the creep can be a problem with the newer > glues - but as has been said before the "heat breakdown" does make it > easier > to repair and instrument. But when you really get down to it, how in > the > hell are you going to allow your instrument to reach 200 degrees? > (I've made > that mistake with a harp, and fixed it, but never again). Two hundred > degrees (which can be reached rather quickly in a closed car in the > summer > sun) would kill your cat, dog or toddler. Are you going to subject > your > instrument to such temperatures. > > I make golf clubs (among other things), and use an epoxy that breaks > down at > about 220 degrees (but they don't absorb the ambient temperature as > quickly > as wooden instruments). The choice of the glue comes from the need to > break > down the joint to replace a broken shaft, and not need to overheat the > club > head. BTW, I use a "heat gun" that produces 500 degrees or 1200 > degrees, but > don't use it too closely - so as not to melt the graphite - it is a > bit of > an art to get it right. > > Best, Jon > > >
