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Paddle: fixing a crack *Pic*
By:Doug Smith
Date: 8/4/2009, 2:57 pm

A crack developed in my GP. It's not from use, it must have stemmed from a fault in the wood. I was thinking I would use a dremel and a pointy grinding tool to route out the wood around the crack (maybe 1/8" or 3/16" wide) and fill with thickened epoxy. I was also thinking I would glue in a dowel perpendicular to the crack. Does this seem reasonable?

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Paddle: fixing a crack *Pic*
Doug Smith -- 8/4/2009, 2:57 pm
Re: Paddle: fixing a crack
Deano -- 8/6/2009, 5:11 pm
Re: Paddle: fixing a crack
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 8/4/2009, 3:58 pm
use a shop vac
Kudzu -- 8/4/2009, 7:15 pm
Or a heat gun on low..
Simeon -- 8/4/2009, 10:07 pm