jorge wrote:Nice projects and good timing. Refinishing, filing bearing edges and other repairs can be done at your leisure, but I suggest gluing the cracks in the shells as soon as possible. In NYC wood generally is as dried out as it gets during the winter, and the shells have shrunk a bit. By mid-spring the wood absorbs some water from the air and expands again. Over the past 48 years I have glued a lot of congas and some bongos in NYC/NJ and I find that gluing the shells when they are shrunken in the winter leads to less re-cracking over the next few years. Gluing them while they are expanded in the summer or fall more often leads to re-cracking when the shells shrink in the winter. Mahogany like Gon Bops or cherry like SOS is a bit softer and more forgiving than harder woods like oak or ash, but even so, try to get to it soon. I have a few cracked shells I have been trying to get to but family health issues and now the Covid-19 epidemic have taken all my spare time and more this year. If I can't get to them by mid-april, I may have to wait until next winter. Enjoy, take pride in your craftsmanship, and keep washing your hands and staying isolated, this epidemic is really serious in NYC right now.
jorge wrote:Nice projects and good timing. Refinishing, filing bearing edges and other repairs can be done at your leisure, but I suggest gluing the cracks in the shells as soon as possible. In NYC wood generally is as dried out as it gets during the winter, and the shells have shrunk a bit. By mid-spring the wood absorbs some water from the air and expands again. Over the past 48 years I have glued a lot of congas and some bongos in NYC/NJ and I find that gluing the shells when they are shrunken in the winter leads to less re-cracking over the next few years. Gluing them while they are expanded in the summer or fall more often leads to re-cracking when the shells shrink in the winter. Mahogany like Gon Bops or cherry like SOS is a bit softer and more forgiving than harder woods like oak or ash, but even so, try to get to it soon. I have a few cracked shells I have been trying to get to but family health issues and now the Covid-19 epidemic have taken all my spare time and more this year. If I can't get to them by mid-april, I may have to wait until next winter. Enjoy, take pride in your craftsmanship, and keep washing your hands and staying isolated, this epidemic is really serious in NYC right now.
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