{"id":181,"date":"2013-11-11T22:13:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T04:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2013-11-11T22:13:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T04:13:59","slug":"composite-repair-and-reinforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/composite-repair-and-reinforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Composite Repair and Reinforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a\u00a0 broken part was generally too weak to begin with or does not have much surface area for bonding.\u00a0 To achieve a\u00a0 good repair additional material needs to be added to supply more strength or surface area for bonding.\u00a0 One way that I have used to provide the additional material has been to wrap string around the parts and bond the assembly together into one solid mass.\u00a0 This is essentially a low tech composite material.\u00a0 The resulting repairs are very strong.\u00a0 The scissors in the picture above has taken much more abuse after the repair than it did before it initially broke.\u00a0 I regularly use the scissors to cut cardboard and whatever else gets in my way in my shop.<\/p>\n<p>Embedded below is a video detailing this method being applied to the handles on a cheap dial indicator stand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7jF1XvlQBDs\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In addition to repairs this technique can be used to reinforce items that are likely to fail before they are put into service.\u00a0 The picture below shows a toy that I made for my kids (Lord Garmadon&#8217;s staff).\u00a0 The two pieces of wood are joined in such a way that the staff would likely split along the grain if not reinforced.\u00a0 For this item I used school glue and kite string.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/staff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-179\" alt=\" Lord Garmadon's Staff\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/staff-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/staff-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/staff.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/staff_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-186\" alt=\"Lord Garmadon's Staff (full)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/staff_full-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/staff_full-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/staff_full.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first time I ever saw this method used was in a model airplane.\u00a0 In the airplane there were push rods running from the servos to the control surfaces.\u00a0 The ends of the push rods were made from steel piano wire and the middle of the push rods were made from balsa wood.\u00a0 In order to secure the piano wire to the balsa the instructions detailed how to overlap the piano wire and balsa then wrap the overlapping region with string coated with glue.\u00a0\u00a0 The procedure produced a very solid push rod assembly.<\/p>\n<p>I have found this to be a reliable method to repair and join parts.\u00a0 I hope you find it useful too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a\u00a0 broken part was generally too weak to begin with or does not 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