Broken slate, soup cans, clamps, L-channel, straight edge, super-glue, and bondo.

That is a quality repair, I am sure it will be fine down the road. Tonight I will post another way to do it. My way is stronger because I use lateral supports inside the slate... And it is just as flat. Good work Glen
 
TableTek said:
That is a quality repair, I am sure it will be fine down the road. Tonight I will post another way to do it. My way is stronger because I use lateral supports inside the slate... And it is just as flat. Good work Glen
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If you can't do the repair on site, then it becomes a less than worth while repair, because at the point of having to remove the slate to take it somewhere else to repair it...the costs start going up....so keep that in mind when you want to show another way of fixing a broken slate;) If it's a repair that only YOU can do...what good is that to ANY one else?

Glen
 
JZMechanix said:
Nice work, and thanks for sharing. :thumbup: Is there a particular brand of glue that you've found that works better than the others?
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I'm also wondering about what glue brand you prefer. I repaired a valley slate 6 months ago and had some trouble getting the glue to flow into the crack.

Thanks, Matt
 
Beyond a broken slate...

Beyond a broken slate, RKC fixed some small cracks maybe 8 - 10 inches long he noticed in the surface of the Bluestone on my GC II before he recovered it. This would prevent further problems down the road.
 
How many of you remember the use of these leveling cards? How many of you made up and use your own today?:D I still like using them...and always will;)

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that's cool and I have never seen those cards. Glen could you explain how to use them? I see they are required to have some particular size?
 
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I use the cards...I had posted while about using them as a good reference for leveling 3pc playing surface.. and got a laugh out of a few guys for using em...
Some things go rite over peoples head about table mechanics..
The cards are keept in my tool box and get put to use...I use 3X5 cards to draw arrows on..also used the cards as wicks on the seams...
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-anyone used liquid dowel?
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Robert Molina
 
Hard to chase the lows without the cards....
I've grabbed a sharpie and flat shims, business cards, index cards, you name it. Doesn't have to be pretty to be functional.
I've gone through alot of them since we did that table in McKinney last year, and still pull them out on just about everyjob I'm doing. Actually, there's alot of pictures of them in use through my photo albums. But yours look cooler.
I don't have the Simonis ones.....lol yet.
 
Vahmurka said:
that's cool and I have never seen those cards. Glen could you explain how to use them? I see they are required to have some particular size?
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Well, the cards are used to show high/low/level readings where ever you set your level to give you an overall view of the lay of the slate on the frame of the table. Then you start looking for where the lows oppose each other, in other words...valleys between level placement readings. From there you adjust up 50% of the level needed, and look for change in the other markers. Once done, all cards are suppose to flip to level.

Glen
 
I was able to use this recipe to fix my broken slate.
Hard to find plain old watery superglue though. Got the runniest stuff I could, but the joint was pretty tight so even that wouldn't dribble down too well. So I had to test fit, separate a little, flood with glue, then work fast to get it closed and level.
Thanks a bunch Glen for documenting this.
 

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angluse said:
I was able to use this recipe to fix my broken slate.
Hard to find plain old watery superglue though. Got the runniest stuff I could, but the joint was pretty tight so even that wouldn't dribble down too well. So I had to test fit, separate a little, flood with glue, then work fast to get it closed and level.
Thanks a bunch Glen for documenting this.
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To glue your slates put 3x5 index cards in three places between the slates.
When the 3 slates are pulled together, only put superglue on the six cards.

Superglue will wick down the 6 cards and then glues the slates..Good luck

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Ralph Kramden said:
To glue your slates put 3x5 index cards in three places between the slates.
When the 3 slates are pulled together, only put superglue on the six cards.

Superglue will wick down the 6 cards and then glues the slates..Good luck

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That's great for the seams, but not for repairing a broken slate. The full break has to be superglued together to make the repair.
 
angluse said:
I was able to use this recipe to fix my broken slate.
Hard to find plain old watery superglue though. Got the runniest stuff I could, but the joint was pretty tight so even that wouldn't dribble down too well. So I had to test fit, separate a little, flood with glue, then work fast to get it closed and level.
Thanks a bunch Glen for documenting this.
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No matter how tightly the pieces go together, the superglue will still seep into the crack of the slate. Everytime you build up a bead of glue on the crack, the middle of the bead will suck down into the crack until it eventually fills up, which is why I said to seal the bottom side with duct tape.
 
Actually not because you'd have to apply it before the broken slate is put in place, and that's when it needs to be flat leveled against the other side, which can take some time to accomplish.
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how about slow-dry JB Weld? i've done it before on a cracked and shattered slate. i gooped it, clamped it and then sanded it smooth the next day. i was shocked when i sold that table and we moved the slate and my fix didn't break.
 
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