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Titebond Instant Bond CA Glue

If you're a serious woodworker, or a woodworker who sometimes needs to correct small errors somewhere in your shop, you should have a bottle or two of cyanoacrylatc (CA) glue. (You may know it asSuperGlue.) 1 always keep a couple bottles close at hand whenever I'm woodworking.

Cvanoacrvlate glue has been available for some time, so what's new? New to this type of product is the name Titebond. Franklin International, manufacturer of Titebond glues, has developed a high-quality CA glue. Titebond Instant Bond. Instant Bond is triple-distilled to remove any contaminants, which extends its shelf life to two years.

Instant Bond is a powerful glue that sets in as little as five seconds and fully cures in just 60 seconds. That's just the ticket for hard-to-reach joints, areas that arc difficult to get 10 with clamps, or simply repairs that need to be accomplished in short order. Of course, if five seconds is a bit too long for you to wait, the company developed Instant Bond Activator. This bonding accelerator, specially developed

for Titebond Instant Bond, reduces the setup and cure times by up to 50 percent.

Instant Bond is available in four viscosities for different jobs. The thin viscosity is great for bonding small hairline cracks or to repair loose veneer, while the medium viscosity is used in pen turning. The thick viscosity bonds in 10 seconds and is great for jigs and quick repairs. (I like this product for adding material back onto tenons that were cut too thin. Immediately, 1 can re-cut tenons to the correct thickness.) And the gel is perfect for MDF or other porous woods and is also simple to use to install door-catch magnets.

Instant Bond was developed specifically for wood and wood products, but its uses are not limited there. Use these products to bond many different materials from acrylic tostain-less steel and even granite.

Titebond's CA glue is available in 2 ounce, 4 ounce or 8 ounce bottles. Instant BondActi-vator is available in either a 2 ounce or 8 ounce pump spray bottle. — Glen D. Huey

Franklin International ■ 800-347-4583 or titebond.com

Street price ■ $8-$40

For nxwe information, circle * 158 on Free Information Cirri.

Amana In-Tech Router Bits

Insert tooling has long been used on the industrial side of woodworkingand is now making its way to home-based and smal I professional woodworkers. One example is Amana Tool's In-Tech Scries router bits.

Amana has placed tungsten carbide inserts (small individual cutting knives) on nine '/V-shank router bits commonly used in many shops. The company states that these router bits, with insert knives, have superior cutting quality in hardwoods, softwoods, MDF and chipboard. Additionally, Amana professes t hat these bits will last at least four times longer than brazed router bits.

Unlike sending a brazed bit out for sharp-ening, or pitching it into a drawer lull of dull router bits, wit h l he I n-Tech series you simply replace the insert at a cost that's less than a new bit. In fact, straight-sided replacement inserts, such as those for the flush-trim, straight-plunge and rabbeting bits, have two sharpened sides that allow for more than a single change. That's a money-saving idea.

IZach replaceable insert has an oversized hole through which a small screw passes, locking the cutting edge to the shank. We arc concerned about the fact that there's no indexing

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forthe inserts-indexing is the way to assure the insert is correctly positioned to the tool. According to Amana, there are bit-specific instructions when changing the inserts.

We have a few In-Tech bits with different profiles in ourshopand have found the resulting cut to be equal to most router bits we've brought in before. When we removed and replaced the inserts, we experienced no problem achieving a cut with a matching profile. Ol course, we didn't install replacements, but if you plan to change out the inserts, we suggest replacing both cutting edges to guarantee a better profile match and resulting cut.

Are these bits a good deal? hirst you have to decide if you'll find the need to replace the inserts. 1 seldom buy a second exact profile router bit unless it's a basic profile. After that, you'll have to compare pricing of the In-Tech router bits to your favorite brand.

Amana Tool <

800-445-0077 or amanatool.com/intech

Router Bits - $16 - $52 Replacement inserts ■ $5 - $16

For more information, circle s 159 on Free Information Card.

We like, and welcome, the idea of insert toolingin the woodshopand look forward to further use of the In-Tech router bits. As for determining the length of time before we see any degradation of the cutting edge, that's going to take a while. — GH

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