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I did some testing of peel strength for ABS plastic/unfinished wood bonds using various glues. I found some interesting results and am continuing to test with additional glues and an improved method. TL;DR: Non-aqueous glues as a class outperformed the aqueous glues Testors 3505 and thin cyanoacrylate provided the strongest non-aqueous glue bonds Among the nontoxic water cleanup glues, Canopy 560 glue exhibited a significantly higher mean p…

Working on this 1934/35 Regal built Dobro. It's a Model 37 roundneck in with a few issues-main ones being a bodgy slotted headstock repair, some missing binding, misaligned tailpiece, modified rim on the soundwell etc. It's been a gig pig on and off for the 30 years the current owner has had it. He want's to ditch the Barcus Berry PU, which was on it when he bought the guitar, and patch the hatchet work. I'm guessing the top was origina…