Please help!!.. I dropped my bow...

[PZee]

Any help will be greatly appreciated....

I am at the finishing stages of building my first glass bow, and dropped it on the concrete. Now I have 2 halfmoon white spots in the clear glass, about halfway up the limb on the belly and the back. The edge of the limb hit the concrete. The blemishes are about 1/8 inch wide and 3/8 long. What can I do to fix this, or is it destined for the bin? I haven't flexed the limb since. Bow will be about 50#. I must say, I almost cried, many hrs have gone into this bow already, I would hate to have to chuck it.

Thanks in advance, I posted this on the Powwow to.

Pete

[Tom Leemans]

Pictures would help. I've seen some amazing things done with superglue.

[PZee]

Here's a pic, I hope this works


 http://s939.beta.photobucket.com/user/PZeelie/library/

[Trux Turning]

Ouch!! Looks like you can wick some super glue in from the edge that should correct it.

[Bowjunkie]

Ewww, yeah, that sucks.

I'd round the edges over some, which should remove some of it, then drop some thin viscocity cyanocrylite in there and see if that doesn't make it disappear.

[dfrois]

It may help to look at that edge with a high-power magnifying glass. It looks as though it may have begun to delaminate a bit due to the knock. If that is the case, you really need to know about it, and you need to do something to fix it before using the bow. A question for all Smooth-On users (I`m not one): if the Smooth-On thins with heat, could one drop a blob of it on that edge, and then warm it up to make it flow into the damaged area? Just an idea, and maybe a stupid one at that, but it can`t hurt to ask...

DF

[wood carver 2]

If smooth on can be thinned to a watery consitancy, it could be injected using a syringe.
Just an idea.
Dave.

[PZee]

Thanks for all your replies. I will try superglue like loctite. I will post finished pics when I get the bow done. I'm just glad it seems I can save it...

God Bless
Pete

[PZee]

Hey Guys,

The superglue worked!!!!!

Thanks

[Mike Most]

amazing stuff aint it....

[fujimo]

viva juluka!!
umngane!