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Post by Paddy on Jun 10, 2007 9:38:45 GMT
Hi, got one of these tables at home but the support broke when the lid was propped up so I could empty the money box and the slate is now cracked almost all the way to the bottom :'(
I know it'll never be quite the same but I wanna repair it as best as I can. Anyone know how best to stick it and how to try and get it level ready to stick?
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Post by Chris_Sav on Jun 10, 2007 17:50:58 GMT
Hi, Don't try and stick it unless its severally cracked. Get some 40mm heavy angle cut to fit just inside the table top surround. Drill three holes either side and one in the middle close to the postion of the crack. Predrill the wooden slate support for screwing the angle across the slate near the front and near the 100 hole. Affix the angle beneath the slate. Find pads of wood to act as support under the crack, this is trial and error. They will need to be just too big to go in the gap. Slacken off the angle, slot the pad in and tighten the angle carefully. Ideally you need an engineers level (Starrett or the like on Ebay) to check the level across the crack. Starrett level like this only twelve inchesI can take a picture if you like of some I've done. The only way to glue it is to remove the surround and glue the two halves on another slate, you will only make it worse otherwise. You will still need to support it I have several tables with a cracked slate, it's not necessarily disastrous. Sav |
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Post by Chris_Sav on Jun 18, 2007 7:20:40 GMT
Hope the expert advice was of use!!
Sav.
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Post by Paddy on Jun 18, 2007 12:36:37 GMT
Yes, many thanks.
It's very badly cracked, from the playing spot down to the hole worth 200 and then makes a sort of Y down to the holes worth 50 but before it reaches them it shoots off down towards the back cushion and the holes there.
I've got a pool table so thinking of resting this slate on that one to try and get it level and then using glue
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Post by Chris_Sav on Jun 18, 2007 17:14:10 GMT
Hi,
Sounds like a difficult one. You'll need sash clamps to hold the slate. I've never tried gluing one, but I'm told epoxy metal will hold it.
I would still try supporting it first. You will still need to brace it after gluing, so you will lose nothing. Gluing is a difficult task
If you do glue it, fill any imperfections afterwards around the join with fibreglass filler paste. Do NOT attempt to sand the filler by hand, the slate is softer than the paste. Best use a flat file or sand paper on a large block of wood.
Sav.
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