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   roc | Aug 23, 2009 07:00pm | #1

   SLEEP ! ! !

   I tend to get all ready to glue up in the evening after making the last component(s) and it takes longer than I figure getting every thing " just perfect " then there is the dry run with the clamps. Then make sure all the glue surfaces are fresh planed ( just a whisper ) or sanded/vac/brushed.

   ( I enjoy the process . . . not trying to make money at this obviously )

   Before I know it it is two in the morning and I am just spreading the glue. Ten at night until two in the morning is my best time so three is a stretch but that is invariably how it works out. I suppose after a day of firing down pastries and coffee that is about the time the fire finally gets up good and hot.

   : )

   So I sleep while the glue dries
   and leave everything in the clamps a day or so. " Just to make sure ".

   PS: Queenmasteroftheuniverseandbabybunnytrainer Says don't forget to say " fret ". While the glue dries.

   She means that one time when I used OLD Gorilla Glue. It seamed toooo thick and I figured what the heck the clamps will bring it together and squeeze out the rest. It seemed about as thick as hot hide glue. Well . . . Grumble, Grumble, Grumble . . .
   Nah dude nah . . . I learned my lesson. If you think you "need" Gorilla only use fresh stuff. So I use the more traditional wood worker's glues and sleep soundly.

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

   Edited 8/23/2009 12:06 pm by roc

   
   

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   Edited 8/23/2009 12:18 pm by roc

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   roc | Aug 23, 2009 07:59pm | #2

   Just read your link after posting. I am assbackward I guess. Nice knife. The brass to fill the lathe center divot is quite nice. I think I might steal that one some time.

   One prob I am concerned with using a very hard and sharp knife like this ( mine is made from a file ) is the wear on the square that you have there.

   sorry no riming intended. Honest that is just how it fell out of my brain.

   It is easy to shave off a bit of the square especially with an ultra sharp dude like yours. After some use of this style knife I have tended toward a duller edge and only hone sharp right on the tip.

   Have you noticed this or am I nuts?

   PS: I ment to say also that the smaller knife looks like something very handy and personally I would use it quite a lot over the large one.

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

   
   

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   Edited 8/23/2009 1:02 pm by roc

3. 
   whitedogstr8leg | Aug 23, 2009 10:36pm | #3

    The way the shop works, each step is laid out so that while step #1 is in the clamps, step#2 is being worked on, and step #3 is getting ready to go.  When step #1 comes out of the clamps, in go #2, and so on.  By "quitting time", all the glue-ups are either done or in the clamps.  after that, it's time for a Guiness or three.

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   GRW | Aug 24, 2009 12:09am | #4

   I try to schedule/save work that I can do while glue ups dry. Like while I wait for a desk top to dry, I'll start the desk legs or drawers. It can also be a good time to clean the dust collectors, sweep the floors, or start creating that special mix of stain to be used on the project later. Kinda boring I know. But time is money.

5. 
   pzaxtl | Aug 24, 2009 05:02am | #5

   Glue?!  You're supposed to use glue?!!  Huh!  That must be why all my furniture falls apart...

   Edit: nice marking knives!

   ♫ If you’re OCD and you know it wash your hands ♫

   
   

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   Edited 8/23/2009 10:05 pm ET by pzaxtl

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   KiddervilleAcres | Aug 24, 2009 05:47am | #6

   pz,

   Try making everything with dovetails.  :-)

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   RalphBarker | Aug 24, 2009 08:57pm | #10

   Bob said, "Try making everything with dovetails. :-)"Or, you might buy a book on Japanese joinery - no fasteners required. ;-)Me? I hate glue-ups. So, I just box up the un-assembled pieces for someone else to fret about. ;-)

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   Jamie_Buxton | Aug 24, 2009 05:49pm | #7

   Like the others say, try to arrange work so there's some other operation to be doing while the glue cures.  The other thing to do is to cut down on the time that clamps are on a piece.  If you make tight joints, PVA cures to point that it won't slip in ten minutes or less.  It isn't fully cured, but it is strong enough that you can move the clamps to the next joint.  This is very useful when you're doing sequential gluing, like applying solid edgebanding to plywood.

7. 
   WillGeorge | Aug 24, 2009 06:37pm | #8

   What do you do while glue dries?

   I clean the house!

8. 
   ASK | Aug 24, 2009 07:47pm | #9

   What do I do while the glue dries.

   Since I do this on weekends at the country house; I go to my during the week day job and let the glue dry in the clamps until Friday night.

   Figure the glue is dry by then.

   ASK

9. 
   WillGeorge | Aug 24, 2009 09:55pm | #11

   I was in Pewrth but not sure there when I saw a Great White swimming in the wter.. I was about 100 feet? above.. It looked like a navy submarine.. It was a huge dark shadow in the salt water! I think the Box Jellyfish moved off!