Breton Brevete - Crack Repair

Prior to re-glueing the three top cracks they were carefully inspected and cleaned.  The spruce around the crack 1 was found to be very soft and had to be cut away, leaving a gap that needed to be filled.

While glueing this crack a very thin strip of new spruce was inserted into the gap and glued in place with hot hide glue.

Each crack repair was reinforced with small spruce cleats glued to the inside of the top.

The top of each cleat was trimmed to a pyramidal profile to reduce overall mass whilst still retaining maximum strength.