Fixing Broken tine

[Clouse41]

Here is something i put together over the past 2 days.

[Clouse41]

This next picture shows that you need to drill into the antler and super glue a wire into it.

[Clouse41]

The next picture is bondo that i put onto the wire and let harden.

[Clouse41]

This is putty on top of the bondo. Let harden over night time.

[Clouse41]

Cutting the putty off with a scalpel you could use sand paper but risk sanding the antler also.

[Clouse41]

This is something like what you anter should look like.

[Clouse41]

Here are two different pictures of it with clay on it. The last  picture is drying thte clay with a blow dryer. Now all that is left to do is detail and paint

[Clouse41]

Let me know what you think

[mtnvalley]

thank you , I have a rack coming in this weekend with 4 broken tines on it , so i was just wondering what the best way to go about it was .

[tomdes]

Are you really using clay as your topcoat? I would never recommend that. What I do with most small fixes like this is I drill 2 small holes and glue in 2 wires then tightly twist the 2 together. This gives more support then one wire. Then I used a product called 'antler sculpt' that is probably the best 2 part sculpt I've used to date, it is very close to the antler color. After I've sculpted the fix, I then stain or paint (if necessary) to match the surrounding beams. I've also tinted magic sculpt with very good results..

Update:
I have to retract the antler sculpt statement, I contacted the All Game manufacturer, and they changed the color last year so it dries a light gray and not the ivory/tan it used too.

[Bucknut]

I would certainly agree with Mr. B.   Clay will fall off - sooner rather than later. You need to use epoxy. If I were fixing that tine, I would cut a short section of tine off of some small scrap racks I have laying around, drill holes for wire, connect the new tine and then blend the joint with expoy.

Bruce

[Clouse41]

k thx My uncle told me how to do it but cant always trust family