Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
by Donald Sentz
Fall/Winter 2011
July 26, 2013- Four days ago I finally attempted to repair the
break in the cabinet that I mentioned in the 1st paragraph of
this report.
I made an adjustable clamp using two wood lath strips, a piece
of cushioning foam, two pieces of #12 insulated copper wire, and
two machine screws and nuts. I placed the foam underneath the
top strip in order to distribute the compression force and
protect the top of the cabinet. I aligned the top and bottom
edges of the break while tightening the clamp. See Figure 1.
Figure 1: Cabinet Clamped, but the Front, Back and Side Tape
Strips not yet applied
I used #150 grit sandpaper to roughen up the inside of the
cabinet on both sides of the break. I used acetone to wipe the
inside of the cabinet on both sides of the break. I attached
strips of masking tape to the front and back edges of the
cabinet at the break. These tape strips acted as dams to
prevent the liquid epoxy from flowing over the cabinet edges
before it cures. I also applied a strip of clear Scotch tape all
along the break, on the outside of the cabinet. The purpose of
this strip is to contain any epoxy that seeps into the seam of
the break.
For the repair operation I set the cabinet clamp onto two stacks
of books as shown in Figure 2 (I took this picture after the
repair operation, so the tape strips were already removed, and
also I had spread out a newspaper sheet to protect the books and
the table top).
THE END