RE: Glue Pot Improvements

>>Now if I could just find a way to heat the surfaces 


Michael,

Buy a good heat gun - but be prepared to spend $50.00 to $100.00 
for a safe, effective one - the likes of which is made by Porter Cable. 
Trust me, it's money well spent and you'll find all kinds of uses for the 
gun such as gluing - and ungluing with hide, crackle finishes, stripping 
polyesters and epoxy nightmares as well as by favorite trick - 
the French Wax Finish de Lux...

bobo


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>The great thing about hide glue is that it can be reheated within a day 
>or two while the moisture content is high.  I'd advise you to try this 
>method:  put the veneer on by brushing both the back side and the 
>substrate. IF it doesn't lay down quite right at first, wait a day or two 
>and come back with a clothes iron  on low 


Dave,

I always seem to have to lay bubbles & such with an iron when I'm 
doing large surfaces.  That's why I'm going to get a vacuum press 
before my next large job.  I use 1/8" neoprene sheet as a caul liner 
-- maybe that's part of the problem.

This one was a little tough.  I was re-veneering some 1' x 4' drawer 
fronts with fancy crotch walnut, and replacing the crossbanding, too.  
I was doing the face only because the back was still sound.  I didn't 
want to coat the veneer because I didn't want it to swell and then bow 
the drawer front as it dried.  It worked OK with yellow glue, I just would 
have preferred to use hide, because that was there originally.  It was 
so cold in the shop that I couldn't even spread the glue. It gelled as 
soon as it hit the wood....

Michael R

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> Haven't used it yet as I normally use eight ounce bottles that
> are virtually disposable (bought 4 gross for $15). I haven't even
>considered not using it because of it's metal, but just because 
>it makes a great interesting paper weight on my desk.
> Utah Rich



Rich, just curious, where did you find 8 oz bottles for 2.6 cents each 
and what are they made of?

Russ


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Groop,

Thanks for the feedback on the glue pot improvements.  Some of your
thoughts started me thinking of a simpler solution.

I dug up an old cheese crock, stoneware, glazed in and out.  Just happens 
to be the perfect size.  I poured the contents of the glue pot into the crock, 
removed the wire brush wiper from the glue pot, dropped the crock in, and 
replaced the wire.  After filling the gap with water I now have a new inproved 
glue pot that is easy and simple to use.  2 Crisco covers on top keeps the 
glue grom skining over and ready to use at a moments notice.

As far as a "stinky" glue pot goes, I view it as the smells of my work. 
I could be working and living in a paper mill town, peeuuu!

Reed Spaulding
Spauldings Furniture Restorations






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