Thank's all, Found a nice website called "The Wood Data Base" on the web that gave some insight into which wood's have issues with gluing and might have trouble if not prepped properly, Going forward Ill be making sure surface prep is part of the process as well as getting away from the 5 min epoxy and moving over to a wood glue, Title-bond III. This has been a big help, Than
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Thanks for the responses, The handle was played out as follows with wood & Cork Rings & spacers - Wenge ring, Leopard wood ring, Gaboon Ebony Spacer, Tulipwood ring, Gaboon Ebony Spacer, Zebrawood Ring, Gaboon Ebony Spacer - 6 rings rubberized cork then same pattern out. The Glue failed as follows: Wenge (failed) Leopard wood (failed) Gaboon Spacer (Failed) Tulipwood (Failed) G
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Hello all, new to this forum, and looking for some help. Last year I started putting some Hwd's into my handles along with cork, I glued the rings (Wood / Cork Combinations) using 5 min loctite epoxy like I have done with most all of my cork handles and then clamped the cork/wood with a wooden block all thread clamp. Several of the wood to wood glue bonds have failed on the first rod I built, w
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