cracked bowl

[onedash]

I was turning another bowl and it was starting to wobble a tiny bit so I loosened the chuck and held the bowl in place and tightened it back up (to much I guess)....made a few creek sounds and I seen a crack. I removed it and tried to pry it open a wee bit and put some superglue in the crack. The crack appears to go from the center to almost the outside edge on one half only. Will super glue hold till its finished (Im almost done) or should I try something else???
I was thinking break it in half and gorilla glue it but not sure how I could clamp it back together and if its not perfect the crack will look worse than it does now. Its barely visible when took it out of the chuck....

[DonHo]

Without seeing the crack, I can't be sure. And to be truthful I propably couldn't be sure after seeing the crack but I have used superglue to fix cracks in bowls and boxes and it has worked most of the time. Use the thin super glue and it'll seep into the crack. Richard Raffan uses the super glue and then sprays it with accelator and rubs the crack with dust from the wood to help hide the crack.

Good luck,
DonHo

[DeanKC]

Cyanoacrylate glues will do very nicely for keeping most wood together. MOST wood, most of the time.

The greener the wood, the more likely that CA will help you since it's moisture that causes CA to cure.

If the wood is TOO green, and shrinkage is enough, either the crack will reappear, or it will crack again, next to the repair. And/or elsewhere, of course.

Sarge, one other thing: when you're working green wood, you have to turn like a madman! To quote Larry the Cable Guy, "GIT 'ER DONE!" Green wood starts to dry as soon as you cut a new, fresh surface. Green wood drying means green wood warping. You should shape your outside and complete it because once you start the inside, the outside will never again be round! Shape the outside, then start shaping the inside, like 1/2" depth at a time, not the whole bowl's depth at once.

[guycox]

Life's too short to turn crappy wood -- unless it's something really special toss it on the burn pile and chuck up another practice piece. If you've got a wood shortage, visit the Tidewater Turner's meeting at the Norfolk Woodcraft store and snag some free wood the members bring in every month -- There are a couple of members there that collectively have a gazillion board feet of turnable logs that the termites will destroy before they have a chance to turn it. Tell 'em I said hello.