What would you use to fill this gap?

[Valewoodturner]

The last time i had do something with a split like that i went to the hobby shop and got a couple of small tubs of gold dust type stuff and Made like a seam of gold feature glueing it in with PVA. You can also get other dusts like a pearly white but i rekon gold would look good.

Make a feature of it.

[spudulike]

Reckon a nice Stihl hedge trimmer would look good on that eh Matt:001_rolleyes: been looking for it lately:lol:

[harvey b davison]

You could use an expanding glue like gorilla glue, use it as normal but it expands slightly, thus filling any small gaps and gluing at the same time. Normal glue will just sink, you will have to layer it.

[Pat Ferrett]

Cut the split out with one pass of a skill saw and then just biscuit joint it back together

 

You'll end up with a strong long lasting repair that wont show up

[muttley9050]

i,d use furniture repair wax crayons, quick easy to apply and avaiable in loads of different colours. Liberon make a load.

[wisewood]

Cut the split out with one pass of a skill saw and then just biscuit joint it back together

 

You'll end up with a strong long lasting repair that wont show up

 

Probably best solution IMO, although as suggested earlier, I would firstly try clamping it up before you take any drastic action. If it closes up then you would get away with just glueing it. I would mask up either side of the split and really force some glue into it by dragging a plastic scraper over it. You may want to consider brown glue for dark woods.