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Post by Chris_Sav on Apr 20, 2012 17:05:53 GMT
Sav is about to have his first try at slate repair!! Should have waited for help as still injured!! at least it's clear of the main playing area.
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Post by Sparky on Apr 20, 2012 17:17:17 GMT
Sav is about to have his first try at slate repair!! Should have waited for help as still injured!! at least it's clear of the main playing area. Oooops indeed, and not clear of MY 'potential' playing area recently ;D ;D ;D Hope the injury improves soon :)
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Post by Chris on Apr 20, 2012 18:36:57 GMT
Oh my !!!
Not seen that before :o
Good luck :-*
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Post by barbelman on Apr 21, 2012 7:34:12 GMT
Sav is about to have his first try at slate repair!! Should have waited for help as still injured!! at least it's clear of the main playing area. Ouch!! Did you drop it or was the hammer (pictured) the culprit? Tony
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Post by Chris_Sav on Apr 21, 2012 10:36:34 GMT
Dropped it, I knocked myself about quite a bit falling through the loft hatch three weeks ago and have sore joints in elbows and knees. I was getting bored not being able to do much and tried to lift the slate on my own as I have done many times before but could not hold onto it.
Plan is to use my spare slate, put some cling film in the fracture area, clean up the join and take the frame off the damaged slate, glue the two halves upside down on the spare slate with slow setting hard epoxy metal two part paste. Then Evos-stik liquid metal a large quarry tile on the underside of the damaged area. That I hope will give far more rigidity than the PVA and wood bar method that Bar Billiards Ltd used.
Using my spare slate should importantly guarantee getting a flat join on the playing surface, any small imperfections can easily be filled. The vulnerable bit to the plan, if there is any weakness, will be turning the repaired slate over to re-attach the frame.
Will report back on how well the method works.
Sav
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Post by Chris_Sav on Apr 21, 2012 18:01:21 GMT
Stage one completed, looks promising (if it holds ;D), sitting on other slate, used ally foil instead of clingfilm and four hour setting epoxy metal. Also gives a chance to repair the frame.
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Post by Chris_Sav on Apr 28, 2012 11:52:07 GMT
The table is now finished and plays lovely. The Dover and Deal President, Dave Carliell has purchased the table and donated it to the league, I thank him.
Final part was to get a large 2ft by 1ft quarry floor tile and stick it to the underside of the slate with Evo Stick Liquid Metal (rubberised, sticks to anything and would lift the Titanic).
This was a fairly easy crack to repair with no holes involved. My only refinements to the method would be;
1) Test some other glues as the epoxy metal may not stick well enough, hence the quarry tile insurance.
2) Next time I would make the joint and break it to remove any excess glue on the slate playing surface before final clamping. You cannot squash it flat if a bead of glue has been compressed out of the joint onto the playing surface no matter how much weight you use.
Overall I'm pleased with my first effort.
Sav
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