How to stabilize a wood crack

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[@DarrenTheDead]

Notice the lack of glue that makes it to the bottom of the crack by pounding. Hint apply glue to both surfaces.

[@nickanderson8305]

I'm suprise no one noticed that. This is not stabilized by any means

[@roarke222]

My uncle built his barn by hand, meaning hand tools only, including felling the trees and cutting the lumber by hand. Not only did he make the importance’s of gluing both the hole and the dowel clear, he also showed me to use only enough glue to coat the surfaces but also to give it a minute to tack before inserting the dowel(s)

[@outdoorcoaching]

Exactly.This makes no sense and it's really bad advice...

[@donaldduck4867]

Fail!🤦‍♂️

[@ianbelletti6241]

At least the grain of the dowels was 90 degrees to the grain of the block.

[@anthonys439]

That crack ain't stabilised at all 🤣🤣🤣

[@WorkingViews]

That's honestly going to just crack more. Bow ties are the way to go.

[@RuR-ru]

Наверное это художник!! И ОН так видит процесс работы с деревом ))!!!!!

[@timtim4726]

Он такой же художник по металлу)))

[@GibonCzo]

you forgot to apply glue to the hole, you pulled all the glue off the pin. the dowel at the bottom is practically dry.

[@teresabrown3914]

You can mix the shavings with wood putty or wood glue and fill in the crack and after it dries and is sanded it will match perfectly

[@taintedsasquatch398]

I got a better way, use a different piece of wood.

[@neiljohnson7587]

Woods expensive so that’s not really a better idea

[@DavidYun-vx4de]

I agree with you. Cost is not important than safety.

[@bastienpabiot3678]

@@DavidYun-vx4de cracked wood is not unsafe if used corrzctly and stabilised like in the video6, and not necessarily cheaper either Sometimes you don't have the perfect piece of wood and you work with what you have

[@HudsonFamily7]

😂😂😂 o

[@NuttyCuts_]

@@neiljohnson7587 expense isn’t a factor when that crack could lead to something breaking and hurting someone

[@timtim4726]

All the glue left on upper part.

[@makarych7007]

Как то хреново чепики заклеил, нужно обязательно промазать отверстие, и потом чепики. И клей нужен не в таком количестве!

[@user-fb1eh9jr8t]

Я только не понял "на фига", по хорошему надо или прореить, а лучше вырезать и переклеить.

[@VeteranVandal]

Is there a reason to leave the crack open for anything to get in? You stabilized, but there's still a problem. Shouldn't that be covered at least?

[@ikerortizdeurbinalopez2216]

in spain we have a word: "chapucero"

[@stuartbromley3513]

Sloppy

[@humancattoy7767]

Works wonders for people who regularly use reclaimed wood.

[@gzahirny]

What exactly did this accomplish? Wood is still cracked, the gap didn't get smaller, so why would anyone waste time doing this?

[@xpndblhero5170]

If you're gonna go through all the work you might as well just fill the crack w/ epoxy.....

[@AndrewDeLong]

Epoxy and a bowtie would do wonders

[@InchFab]

@@AndrewDeLong as wood a new peace of would

[@AndrewDeLong]

@@InchFab Trust me, a lot of customers like the split look with epoxy and bowties.

[@InchFab]

@@AndrewDeLong I do epoxy work. I understand. A lot of people have bad taste also. I have to talk people out of a lot of tacky and ugly stuff.

[@AndrewDeLong]

@@InchFab Agreed. Some people have...odd tastes (to say the least).

[@xMrjamjam]

Never wipe away wet glue you'll log the pores of the wood. Let it dry and chisel the dried excess glue off

[@bvictory5698]

It’s like he saw it so fast! Like his welding videos... I mean... spot welding videos.

[@zacksrandomprojects9698]

Me: "Oh its cracked, I'll just fill it with caulking and smooth it before I paint it."

[@SW-qr8qe]

Fill it with clear epoxy and it will look cool

[@Sheeeeshhhhhh]

Duck tapes are the best for this

[@ryanbianchi6582]

What we learned here is that’s obviously far too much glue

[@ryanjones9305]

How to take a $4 piece of wood and make it into a $40 piece of wood in two easy steps.

[@user-ed8zb1ri5p]

По уму, надо клеем отверстие мазать, а не чёпик.

[@realyuriksid]

Весь клей остался на поверхности.... И вообще не понятно, для чего это коротыш нужен. Хотя, если его закруглить, то получится тело буратино, а эти чёпики будут похожи на пуговицы. Ждём продолжения по созданию буратино

[@user-og3qy8tx2z]

А если чопик с зади будет а?

[@realyuriksid]

@@user-og3qy8tx2z ещё надо определить, где у этого палена зад....

[@user-og3qy8tx2z]

@@realyuriksid для этого надо один чепик с обратной стороны забить😂

[@realyuriksid]

@@user-og3qy8tx2z такое ютюб не пропустит

[@user-ro2yb8ju8y]

Пилка огонь 🔥🔥 ))

[@SosShortsComedy]

Bela reconstrução !

[@kinnikuzero]

Ahh yes, a nicely stabilized crack

[@davidashton2361]

That's what the Bishop said to the actress. 😄😄

[@nobody-ep1bu]

Why won't you make a hole enough to the length of wood nail. You know, to make it more satisfying to watch.😭

[@TotallyHandyShorts]

we'll think about it

[@TheIMadeThat]

No, this is not what you do. You have to put a butterfly pattern( or another pattern ) into the cracked side.

[@garyjones783]

As other comments have been made about the glue being scraped off once the dowel reaches the bottom of the hole,…. This is still amateur based on the glueing process.

[@thecaramelcasanova2123]

He wasted so much glue= extra work

[@consumer1843]

How about a cracked wood column?

[@user-fb1eh9jr8t]

Я не понял смысл этой операции, не лучше было отфрезеровать паз и вклеить рейку?

[@wumpa100]

You can make that look good too

[@joek3697]

You can easily make this repair with a table saw and some string. Beginner mistake

[@uzi9587]

Yeah u decorated the wood

[@mircomuntener4643]

That did not need stabilizing, nor did those dowels do any stabilizing. If you want to show off, drop a bowtie in it. If you want to look like a tough guy, hammer up a couple dogsand slam them across the crack. The only cracks that need stabilizing are in slabs, not in centercut cants like this.

[@davidashton2361]

Please mind your language.😄

[@rudepug4]

Dont use cracked wood

[@YouTubesuckschlonge]

Yeah 🤣🤣 toss that sh*t in the log burner and find a good piece

[@Kevthebish]

Yep, the crack is still there

[@AndrewDeLong]

The video said "stabilize" not "remove or close"

[@davidashton2361]

What! Where you stashed it before?

[@birisuandrei1551]

Why not just cut the part that is cracked off and insert a piece of wood that fits in the crack...thats way more stable than wtf this is

[@tincupnickleboythe1st700]

Gang nail lol

[@feniksflash166]

Что Где Зачем А ТЕПЕРЬ ВНИМАНИЕ ВОПРОС НА..............Я ????????. отрезал лишнее кинь в топку😉😉😉

[@austinsthole8486]

Wood doesn't have cracks. If you want crack you'll have to get it somewhere else. That there is called split.

[@Balls607]

Lol irony and all

[@davidashton2361]

No, it's called a 'shake'.

[@davidashton2361]

If you want a spliff you'll have to go to the same place where you get your crack.

[@julianm2888]

What glue do you use?

[@gzahirny]

He used generic wood glue

[@RavinderSingh-hi7so]

Instead of cleaning excess glue 🤔🤔🙄🙄 Drop into the hole 1/4 of your method .... 🙏🙏🤣🤣

[@joerice1439]

For anyone asking why? Time, but not resources. God damnit i blew on my phone to make the wood chips go away. Wtf

[@davidashton2361]

And?

[@joerice1439]

@@davidashton2361 and nothing. Thats it. Tard

[@georgejung3083]

Don’t pick that at the lumber yard get a full one ☝️

[@briannowdesha3986]

Yeah or just get a new piece of wood that doesn't have a huge Kraken

[@zxcursred.]

i'm gay i love mans

[@donwimberley4772]

You posed to put glue inna hole FIRST.....

[@davidashton2361]

Yeah, irriot!

[@andreas1364]

I dont get it

[@davidashton2361]

Neither does anybody else! 😄😄

[@cancanphotographer5044]

Kardesim !! O tutkali neden kullandin ???????

[@jonahnesmith7004]

I should call her...

[@jamesowen21]

Why not dado out the entire cut, fill it with wood cut to size, glue and clamp it

[@davidashton2361]

Dado out? Wot's that mean? JHC!

[@jamesowen21]

@@davidashton2361 look up dado. Look up rabbet. Lool up tongue and groove

[@davidashton2361]

@@jamesowen21 I don't need to look them up. I know exactly what they all are because I have been a professional carpenter/joiner/site fixer for most of my working life. I have worked in joinery shops as a bench carpenter, in banks and the Albert hall site fixing and been self employed making and fitting doors and windows and fitting kitchens. Also roofing and shuttering in Germany (I speak a modest amount of German from my days stationed in Germany in the army) I trained as a land surveyor while in the army and when I left the army I did a 3 year contract out in Saudi Arabia land surveying, so don't front me about my knowledge of construction work or joinery etc. I've probably forgotten more than you'll ever know because I'm 76. Sonny.

[@jamesowen21]

@@davidashton2361 Well my mama tols me to respect my elders. So I wont remind you that if you know sonething already why you asking "whats a dado". Its a groove cut in a board dummy. Thanks for your service. Retired myself. Stop asking questions you already know. Very unbecoming

[@davidashton2361]

@@jamesowen21 I've never heard of a dado in connection with a groove. Must be an americanism. I have used the term dado rail in connection with a moulding that is fixed at about waist height in a room, usually above panelling, but not used as a verb to describe channeling out a groove in wood. However, I will concede that there are minor differences in american english and english english. To ask me to look up tongue and groove, really? My cats know what tongue and groove is. From this I deduced that you were a rank amateur of tender years, which prompted my outburst. However, now that you have revealed that you are also a retiree I apologise, but I still have reservations about your woodworking experience. Be that as it may, I find the american way of expressing gratitude to former service personnel very endearing, so thank you for that. I was in the army for 14 years and the biggest mistake was opting to leave. I was totally unsuited for life in a civilian enviroment. I should have stayed in and benefitted from more rank and longer service leading to a much better pension. My involvement in posting comments about other peoples woodworking skills is prompted by my desire to 'wind people up' out of amusement. Frankly, some of them really don't appear to have much experience and are only using this medium to make money out of even less able people. In the real world of carpentry and joinery they wouldn't have a hope in hell of earning a living. That's not to say they're wrong necessarily, but in the competitive world of, say, site fixing, to only hang one door a day doesn't cut the mustard. More like 5 to 10 is the norm, depending on site conditions. I know that in America a lot of the tedious work has been done, like the lock positions being already cut out etc. Where here in England we have to do that on site usually and therefore the rate of door fitting lowers. Even so, 5 to 10 doors is the norm.

[@05jcm]

Just replace the piece.

[@AndrewDeLong]

Depending on what's being built, some customers want the split pieces to be used.

[@alexniklas8777]

Надёжнее синей изолентой обмотать

[@emba_dareepolreeiiith1063]

bowtie?

[@gordonarneson2070]

Now throw it in the wood stove where it should have went to start with

[@davidashton2361]

Yeah! 🤣

[@mobidrive1171]

Кому как, а я бы обработал и трещину ,и, чопики

[@Ivan-Dybovik]

Нехватает смекалки чтобы таких трещен небыло, наши предки при раскрой леса серцевину вырезали и выбрасывали она всеровно лопнет.

[@dustinbryan841]

Wuuuut

[@gigakutaladze.5492]

Can you tell me name of this glue?

[@CeeJayThe13th]

Jermaine

[@gigakutaladze.5492]

@@CeeJayThe13th thank for answer

[@CeeJayThe13th]

@@gigakutaladze.5492 I was just making a joke lol. Judging by the bottle, it's Titebond II but literally any glue labeled "wood glue" will work just fine. Some are formulated for more specific tasks but they will all work out. I personally like Gorilla *Wood* Glue (not regular gorilla glue as it expands but specifically the wood glue) because it's cheaper in small quantities where I live and is readily available. In a pinch, any PVA glue will bond wood such as school glue but it's not really recommended.

[@gigakutaladze.5492]

@@CeeJayThe13th thank ,that you shared me your experience

[@xhunter2479]

Hi

[@omatheuzaoem2266]

Não é mais segura jogar fora?

[@TotallyHandyShorts]

nao e muito mais divertido asim

[@oskarlaudan]

This Channal Is called totally HANDY shorts, that means you're german?

[@robertgemski6524]

But why 🤔

[@jacekz1456]

No I !!!

[@loganraimer]

Deff not the right way

[@marjanaking404notfound3]

That's it? Wow..

[@trolln_gta7926]

Why didn't you line the grain up properly? Either with the grain of the piece or at the very least with each other. Not cool.

[@richardwelsh7901]

When you find yourself in a situation to actually need to perform such a repair, I don't think aesthetics are going to be much of a priority

[@jonesy12221]

At least put the grain on the dowels going the same way as the grain on the timber.

[@davidashton2361]

End grain doesn't match with horizontal grain. End grain is end grain and horizontal grain is, well, horizontal grain. The only way to disguise this is to make the dowel shorter and pellet over the end and then you can match the grain, provided you select a pellet with a matching grain or make your own from a similar grained piece of timber. I agree with somebodys comment about putting glue in the hole as well. Actually, I didn't see the point of dowelling the piece of timber in the first place - as somebody else said, just get a decent piece of timber to start with. Sorry to say it, but a lot of people slagged this exercise. Nice one, Bro!

[@jonesy12221]

@@davidashton2361 I'm not slagging it or trolling. When I put a pellet or grain plug in even a dowel I'll match the grain of timber its going in to. Standard practice! This is clearly a vid to show how to secure a piece of timber thats already been installed & then started to split & shrink. Just prevents further parting.

[@jamesowen21]

Stop buying wood with crack. Go to a good neighborhood

[@davidashton2361]

That other guy said that as well. Must be right. 🤣

[@davidashton2361]

This is fun, isn't it. 😃

[@krupzug5359]

Okay, enough bullshit for today

[@digitalnorp890]

Anybody else think they would’ve just filled it with like silicon or glue or something. I’m not drilling holes into the wood that’s to much work😂

[@linus8976]

見た目悪くて草

[@user-sw1oy7vr2b]

И-и-и- и?

[@saimaiqbal8551]

Very bad & weak technique used here.

[@shepshepson]

How about you use an actual piece of wood instead of cutting a giant slot in it and "repairing" it

[@bubyu507507]

何なのか判らないが。

[@jordanbachynski8054]

This is a terrible way to fix a crack. Butterfly’s aren’t difficult

[@BaggedTLX]

or better yet hear me out get a different piece of wood. god bro life changing idea right?

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[@AG_92]

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[@alfredgood6978]

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[@shrutibagde573]

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[@Lion.blood30]

🤦🤦🤦

[@seanmyers227]

Wow. That's not very good at all