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Fighting Evil Alien Technology

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(from Popularwoodworking.com)


Beating it requires knowing the right way to nail a board. When I was about 8 years old, I decided that I needed to construct a sturdy fort to protect myself from the army of aliens (who cleverly had …Source

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Making Your Own Plywood

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(from WoodNet.net)


There is a piece of heavy-duty window screen on the bottom and top of the glue up to allow the vacuum to find every nock and cranny. With yellow glues I leave it in the vacuum bag for a couple of hours. It doesn't really dry in the bag but the water in the glue migrates into the wood so it sets up. When I take it out of the bag I put the glue-up on a flat surface, cover it with a piece of plywood and put some weight on top so it will cure flat. I leave it like that overnight and then let it cure for at least another day before drum sanding it to final thickness.

The glue-up I showed has cherry on the outside and center ply, with ash in the cross layers. I wouldn't want to try this for anything much larger than 2 x 5 ft, since my drum sander is 24" wide and 5' is about the limit of my vacuum bag, but if you have larger equipment and some help it certainly would be possible with a slower setting glue.

John

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What Kind of Glue to Use

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A carpenter brought me an unfinished project asking for help. He has made a 5-foot wide arch of 3/4 white oak to fit in a church doorway. He made the arch out of nine segments 4 inches wide and 12 inches long. The butt joints have biscuit joinery. He glued the segments together with yellow glue. Clamps are of no use on an arch, so he pressed the segments together as best he could. When the glue was dry, each of the joints had a small gap he filled with wood putty. It looks awful on what should be a quality job, so he asked me for help.


By using a heat lamp, all the joints have been pulled apart and the biscuits removed. The butt joints do fit nicely, so using biscuits again, the arch is ready to be re-glued.

Here is my question: the endgrain on each piece looks shiny, becausethey soaked up the first glue. What kind of glue will be best to use now. Also, I will pull the joints tightly together using pocket hole screws on the back. Thanks in advance. Peter

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