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Originally Posted by Karl Wescott
Quite correct, Brent. However we have had some success (experimentally only... never production) of using a very flexible resin mixed with rough ground pecan shells. Not to use that for this application but may be a tool in the toolbox for another situation.
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Interesting way to do that.
My experience with epoxies is basically from trying two items. Fiberglass resin, and a horse hoof product that was formulated for farriers called Kwik-Poly. The issue with both of these products is they dried hard enough that the flex that wood infrastructure normally gave became rigid. The other issue is that when a fastener (-nail, tack, screw, etc.) is inserted into wood, as we all know, it compressed the wood which is where the gripping of the fastener occurs. What I found after using the resins was that the lack of gripping action caused the fastener to work its way out. It didn't matter if it was top material on wood bows, -or upholstery panels that had been tacked to the infrastructure of a body.
In the case of installing new wood, we have had great results soaking thin wood strips in boiling water, and using a water-soluble wood glue to laminate the strips together as they inserted one strip at a time. The biggest thing you must do is make sure you have the metal socket clamped into a form that holds the proper shape as the wood strips are drying.