Not horn the material, but horn the shape.
I thought it might be of interest because it's a good example of the creativity demanded by repair work. (The most common question I get is "Now that you know you can fix pipes, why don't you start MAKING them?)
The perverse fun of doing this sort of thing is why. :mrgreen:
When you can't clamp or use rubber bands, and even the Gravity Method isn't straightforward, the only way out of the woods is fabrication:
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Since someone will probably ask:
The reason for the binder clip instead of screwing the wood piece to the angled stem stub was because the epoxy bead had to be removed at exactly the right time, which would be when it was still too soft to go pulling on the shank or turning screws.
The reason the stummel was refinished in a two-tone "Shell"-like way---meaning with dark low spots/crevices---is because the repair line was visible with the original heavily shellacked monotone finish, and some camouflage was called for.
I thought it might be of interest because it's a good example of the creativity demanded by repair work. (The most common question I get is "Now that you know you can fix pipes, why don't you start MAKING them?)
The perverse fun of doing this sort of thing is why. :mrgreen:
When you can't clamp or use rubber bands, and even the Gravity Method isn't straightforward, the only way out of the woods is fabrication:
.
.
Since someone will probably ask:
The reason for the binder clip instead of screwing the wood piece to the angled stem stub was because the epoxy bead had to be removed at exactly the right time, which would be when it was still too soft to go pulling on the shank or turning screws.
The reason the stummel was refinished in a two-tone "Shell"-like way---meaning with dark low spots/crevices---is because the repair line was visible with the original heavily shellacked monotone finish, and some camouflage was called for.
