Woodworker's Journal 2004-28-4, страница 3

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1 When ueing polyurethane glue, moisten both edges of the joint with water just before clamp-up.

21 For best results when working with oily woods such as teak or cocobolo, wipe down the glue joint with acetone or alcohol before applying the glue.

0 Hide glue has absolutely no glue creep & once it has cured.

/ Cut one long side of an old credit ' card with a pinking shears to create a serrated edge. Use it to evenly apply glue to large areas.

£ When gluing wood with epoxy, a rule of thumb is: the longer tie open time of the epoxy. the better the bond will be.

pull a rabbit out of your... um... hat. As demonstrated in the photo below, combine square areas of contact cement surrounded by your woodworking glue. The contact cement acts like a clamp until the glur curca As Rick says, this is really useful when you are fighting gravity in a vertical application. No muss, no fuss. It is a bit like magic after all: look Ma, no hands (or clamps)!

Dangerous Curves — The Jig is Up

Wood, given its druthers, grows pretty much in a straight line ... and sawyers prepare stock in the same manner... straight and true. This is all well and good until a woodworker gets it into his head to build <i non-linear project, like & round picnic tabk* for example. How do you get that straight stock logo in a circle? Hie easiest way is dry-bent laminating. John English, our contributing editor, used that technique lo build up the apron for his Spanish cedar table. Clamping tliree 1/4" pieces of stock around a jig and