Making wood grips

[Old-Duckman]

Well I didn't wait until "the snow flies". Sadly the ebony I have is not wide enough but I did make a grip from cocobolo following the 3 piece method kindly detailed by Phil Coffins. Here are a few pix.

 

[Phil Coffins]

First rate.

 

[Artificer]

First rate.

Phil,

Your technique for making these grips is great! Wish I had thought it up years ago.

One question if I may, what kind of glue do you use to glue the three pieces together?

Gus

 

[B P Arn]

Well I didn't wait until "the snow flies". Sadly the ebony I have is not wide enough but I did make a grip from cocobolo following the 3 piece method kindly detailed by Phil Coffins. Here are a few pix.

What type of glue did you use?

 

[Phil Coffins]

I have used Tight Bond and Accu-Glass with equal success.

 

[Old-Duckman]

What type of glue did you use?

I researched gluing cocobolo as it is considered difficult to glue by some. After this I thought it best to use an epoxy adhesive and to wipe the surfaces to be glued with acetone right before gluing. I did that and the wood used as the spacer is cherry not cocobolo. I did that to conserve my cocobolo stash and also thought it might glue up better that way.

Anyway I used Gorilla Glue 2 part epoxy. This product had many negative reviews with users saying that the epoxy never cured. After using it I can see how that happened. You must have equal amounts of resin and hardener for proper curing but the dispenser and the unequal viscosity of each made getting equal amounts difficult. But in my case it seemed to work quite well.

 

[Old-Duckman]

First rate.

Thank you Phil, after visiting the site with photos of your work, I take that as a compliment coming from a fantastic craftsman!

 

[Artificer]

I have used Tight Bond and Accu-Glass with equal success.

Thank you, Phil

Gus