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Re: Adhesive?
By:Nick Schade
Date: 10/13/1998, 1:33 pm
In Response To: Re: Adhesive? (Nolan Penney)


> Woodglues and myself do not get along well. I've always found them weak
> and messy. I've sat in far to many spindly chairs glued together with it
> enjoying the flexing and listening to the joints cracking to like it. Same
> tables and quite a few butchers blocks and cutting boards. Yes, I've had
> some that held together wonderfully, but I didn't build them and don't
> know what they were glued with.

You sure there was any glue at all in those spindly chairs. Traditionally chairs were not glued at all they depended on wedges to hold them together. You will often see chairs "fixed" with carpenter's glue, but this is not a good application for such glues. If you need gap-filling, epoxy is better, but a well constructed chair should not have any gaps.

> Gallon for gallon, I don't see wood glue as being particularly cheaper
> then epoxy either.

Roughly 1/3rd the price when comparing to West, Sys. 3 or MAS. About 1/2 the price of Raka.

Messages In This Thread

Adhesive?
Dave Carter -- 10/11/1998, 6:37 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/13/1998, 7:46 am
Re: Adhesive?
Nick Schade -- 10/13/1998, 1:33 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/13/1998, 2:38 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nick Schade -- 10/13/1998, 6:47 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/14/1998, 6:08 am
Re: Adhesive?
Mike Scarborough -- 10/13/1998, 9:42 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/14/1998, 6:14 am
Re: Adhesive?
Nick Schade -- 10/14/1998, 10:31 am
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/14/1998, 11:16 am
Re: waste epoxy
Don Beale -- 10/14/1998, 12:15 pm
Re: waste epoxy
Jay Babina -- 10/16/1998, 3:11 pm
Re: waste epoxy
Nick Schade -- 10/14/1998, 10:20 am
Re: Adhesive?
Rob Cochrane -- 10/12/1998, 7:29 am
Re: Adhesive?
Mike Scarborough -- 10/11/1998, 7:03 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Kenneth Paul -- 10/14/1998, 2:35 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nick Schade -- 10/12/1998, 2:15 pm
toxicity of various woods
Brian C. -- 10/12/1998, 6:28 pm
Re: toxicity of various woods
Nick Schade -- 10/13/1998, 1:25 pm