Best glue for broken headstock?

[mirwa]

A little bit more challenging of one for me to do

Lining all the parts up on a bench to see what goes where before dis-assembling

[Ned Milburn]

Originally Posted by islander53

ugh... Titebond isn't available anywhere in my area.

Elmers carpenters glue should do the trick.

I've repaired several headstocks with this type of crack with titebond and no extra splines, and none have come back in for service.

[mirwa]

Titebond (aliphatic glues) are some of the most luthier friendly glues out there I find.

The Martin above I will use hide glue, simply because the pieces are all so small, no really decent amount of long grain to glue onto, so i want maximum strength.

Most necks can be glued with no issues, the Gibson on the previous page had been repaired three times before it came to me, so the owner did not want it to ever break again, hence the spline option. I think it would have been fine with just a standard aliphatic glue up, but customers choice and more than happy to do it.

Steve

[islander53]

Originally Posted by mirwa

Have you finished the job?

Haven't been able to start it! Between work and gigs and some stuff that came from nowhere, there's been little time to deal with it. But soon I will.

Nice job on the repair, btw.


As for glue, I'll go with Elmer's carpenters glue. Since it's aliphatic, and easily available, I'm okay with that.

[islander53]

Originally Posted by mirwa

A little bit more challenging of one for me to do

Lining all the parts up on a bench to see what goes where before dis-assembling

OUCH!!!

[brianli408]

Originally Posted by mirwa

A little bit more challenging of one for me to do

Lining all the parts up on a bench to see what goes where before dis-assembling

This is puzzle solving rather than repairing...