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Conan The Librarian · December 8th, 2005, 02:44 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

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On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:34:04 -0600, Conan The Librarian
wrote:

I was probably not precise enough in my previous statement. You are
not gluing it to the cork on the sides, but rather the cork below the
patch. In woodworking inlays, you don't attempt to glue the edges of
the inlay, you glue it to the substrate. I'm assuming you would do the
same with cork, but correct me if I'm wrong.

Hmmm...first, I've never used, seen, or even heard of a Dutchman used to
repair an inlay, nor do I think it would be an appropriate use, but that
is certainly another of those "YMMV" things.

I'm not saying you use a Dutchman to repair an inlay, I'm saying
that the technique is the same. (A Dutchman *is* an inlay.)

In my experience, a
Dutchman is simply a way to repair/salvage something much larger (a
large, wide plank in a casegood, for example) that merits the handwork
necessary to fit it. And again, in my experience, a Dutchman would be
fully glued, much like a plug.

You "fully glue" an inlay/Dutchman/whatever by gluing it to the
substrate. If you are trying to glue the edges, much of that surface is
endgrain, and attempting to glue endgrain is a waste of time.

That said, given the time and effort to precisely cut the recept in the
handle and the corresponding cork "Dutchman," it would be more an goal
in and of itself rather than a practical repair method.

That's your opinion, and you're welcome to it. Given that logic,
joining casework with dovetails is a goal in and of itself rather than a
practical method of joinery.

And beyond
that, you would be relying on the underlying cork to hold the patch, and
if you didn't glue the edges, I think that would introduce another
weakness in that, unlike the very thin wood inlay where there is no real
edge to hold glue, nor is it necessary, the cork Dutchman would
susceptible to catching and tearing at the edge of the "patch" unless
glued at the edges.

Not if it's sanded flush with the surrounding cork.

Could, for argument's sake, a patch be done by this method? Yeah, sure.
Should it be done? That would be up to the individual, but I don't
think it would be worth it, and I know that it would be completely
unnecessary excess as far as repair goes

Well then, don't do it. Leave it for those who have the necessary
skills/tools/desire.

Heck, you could probably argue for CNC mircocutters with 3D digitizing
input and all sorts of other cool ****, but how many double-naught
rod-building superheroes do you really need to change a lightbulb?

Cute, but hardly relevant, given that I'm advocating an ancient form
of repair that can be accomplished with a minimum of tools.

Chuck Vance