In article l.net,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 16:48:59 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

use fibreglass and polyester resin to both soak in and spread the load
using glass reniforcment on the rear

Not a bad idea, use the fibregalss and resin as a gap fille for a not
quite perfect larger bracket. Embedding that in between layers of
fibreglass.

Not sure how well the resin will soak into the fibreboard though.
It's quite viscous, maybe wood hardner would be better?

Glass fibre was my first thought and attempt many years ago. It sounds
ideal as it can reinforce the side, holding it in shape, all in one go.
But it doesn't last anything like as long as steel glued in place with
Evostik contact glue - or rather the original version of that.

As you guessed it doesn't penetrate the board enough.

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