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Offline Shifting Shadow

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What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« on: May 07, 2011, 06:53:00 PM »
I am wondering if you could help me. My project calls for adhering bone to wood.

What glue/cement/adhesive in your experience works best?

Thank you experts!
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2011, 07:23:00 PM »
I am by no means an expert,but smooth-on is hard to beat for just about any glue up project.Just my opinion.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2011, 07:40:00 PM »
Thanks David. Your comment is appreciated. Anything besides smooth-on?
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2011, 07:43:00 PM »
I use super glue to glue antler tips. Don
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2011, 07:44:00 PM »
Don, super glue seems to be easier to obtain. I may do a test with it.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2011, 08:24:00 PM »
Super glue gel works really well. I keep some actone and Q-tips handy to clean things up........like fingers! Art
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2011, 08:31:00 PM »
Specificaly Gorilla Super Glue High Impact. It has rubber added for shock resistance. I have used it several years on a lot of bows and never lost an overlay or a tip I glued with it.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2011, 08:42:00 PM »
For osage I used epoxy called plastic Weld.  Drys the same color as osage.  But I also use Titebond3 for bone to wood.  Never lost a tip with either.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2011, 08:43:00 PM »
just make sure the super glue says gap filling on the bottle.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2011, 08:51:00 PM »
Thanks David, Don, Art, Steve, bigcountry and rover brewer. This site is amazing! I appreciate all the help.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2011, 12:11:00 AM »
I've used super glue, carpenters glue(TB, II, III and Elmers), urac, 2ton epoxy and hide glue, all with good results.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2011, 06:57:00 AM »
If I remember correctly, some guys were talking about using bone or deer antler awhile back and said that since it's porous that it taks alot of soaking up the glue before you could get enough on there to do the job?

Personally I've never used either one, but I think antler overlays on the back portion of the bow handle look really cool, I may try that someday.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2011, 01:13:00 PM »
a good soaking of super glue in the porous portions of antler and bone will remedy the glue up problems related to the porousportions.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2011, 03:14:00 PM »
Yep on porous, the only overlays I've had come off were antler,and the parts showed dry glue joint after the fact.

If doing again,I will soak the antler after fitting to the bow , with CA.
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2011, 05:59:00 PM »
MT-13 or Smooth-on...IMO
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Re: What Product to Adhere Bone to Wood?
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2011, 08:15:00 PM »
Thanks all. You guys are great.
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