By David J. Petro-Roy I restored my 1837 Eli Brown rope tension drum using WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy to repair a longitudinal crack running about a third of the way around the drum shell.
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David J. Petro-Roy Another of my projects using WEST SYSTEM was my mailbox post. I was tired of the snowplow trucks knocking down my mailboxes so, as a hobbyist welder, I built a mailbox post out of steel using square tube, box tube, and angle iron. I wanted the post to look like wood.
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Repairing a cracked wall plaque with G/5 Adhesive By Julie Jezowski Like a lot of people, when I’m at work I like to keep busy. It makes me feel good about myself and the bonus is that the day just flies on by. Having said that, it’s also nice to escape from the walls of […]
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By Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Ronnie Janowicz, a good friend of mine, called to say the wooden horn on his antique Edison Concert phonograph was cracked. I had Ronnie bring it by so I could take a look. I told him it could be repaired very nicely with epoxy if that is what he […]
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By Rob Van Mullekom I accidentally punched a hole in my motorcycle’s magnesium crankcase or ignition housing cover. A lot of the guys I work with also ride motorcycles, and in talking with them, I found out that it is not uncommon to punch a hole in the crankcase. I work here at Gougeon Brothers, […]
