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   SteveSchoene | May 02, 2009 07:31pm | #1

   Hide glue.  Rubbed into place they should hold nicely. 

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   Jfrostjr | May 03, 2009 04:23pm | #2

   CA - cyanoacrylate - Hot Stuff could also do the trick. Probably the 'thick' stuff would be best.Frosty"I sometimes think we consider the good fortune of the early bird and overlook the bad fortune of the early worm." FDR - 1922

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   hdgis1 | May 03, 2009 10:02pm | #3

   I'd watch the CA on a wood like walnut. Even the thick stuff can be pulled by capillary action through the poors and end up in the wrong place. Definitely go with the hide glue.Chris

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   joinerswork | May 04, 2009 12:53am | #4

   Chris,

   Yeh, and a smear of hide glue left in the small space between the blocks can cause problems too, if stain is used to color the wood.  I have come to prefer having the dentils of a piece with the molding element directly above them-- that is, cut the teeth out, then work the mold.

   
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   cowtown | May 04, 2009 06:20am | #5

   using 23 gauge pinner?

   If you don't have one of these, there are various degrees of tool quality, but don't feel shy about using an inexpensive import.

   They don't split much at all.

    

   Eric

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   TimNott | May 05, 2009 07:57pm | #6

   Tried a pinner and it does split - also the thing has a fairly fierce recoil so not so good on things you can't hold in place.Thanks to those who suggested hide glue, hot-melt and Cycrro? Cyano? Hell Superglue. Mrs Tim also sugeested the latter. And a tiny drop sticks like the proverbial...Don't think I'm up to cutting the dentils with the moulding as we had a hell of a job just getting the mouldings (4 layers) to mitre reasonable.Anyway many thanks to all.

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   MikeHennessy | May 05, 2009 08:57pm | #7

   "Tried a pinner and it does split - also the thing has a fairly fierce recoil"

   Hmmm. That sounds like maybe an 18 ga. nailer, not a pinner. No pinner I've ever used had any recoil at all. Heck, you hardly know the things have fired. Just a little "Pfft" and the piece is stuck, with no visible means of support. I've pinned some really tiny pieces with no problems. But it sounds like you solved your problem anyhoo.Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PAEverything fits, until you put glue on it.