tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post5912750701939278611..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Son Of Side Project SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-12714379503614626042017-10-24T12:31:54.023-04:002017-10-24T12:31:54.023-04:00Glue is a subject unto itself- the pros, cons and ...Glue is a subject unto itself- the pros, cons and advantages each have and why. Our shop standby is titebond 1. They advertise titebond 3 as having a longer working time, which can be a be advantage in complicated glueups. Never tried it yet. We usually wipe a damp sponge along the surfaces anyway,before applying glue, so the wood does not immediately suck the moisture out of the glue and thicken it to the point the joint can't be pulled up. <br /> I don't use the polyurethane glues much, never cared for the foamy nature and the acetone cleanup, but they have one staggeringly huge advantage- and it is not being waterproof or strong- it is the fact they are slippery- and sometimes on a big deep tight fitting tenon, that can really save your ass. When things start to bind on a glueup, it can go bad in an instant. <br /> Hide and fish glues are pretty much a mystery to me, but the easy reversibility is a great feature in a musical instrument. Is hide glue why those old Martins smell so good? ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-62499649483491191422017-10-23T22:18:58.689-04:002017-10-23T22:18:58.689-04:00If you're going to have that kind of oops, the...If you're going to have that kind of oops, the 14th fret is definitely the place to do it! <br /><br />I'm using the fish glue almost exclusively on this re-do of the original. I think it really sets up well enough in the first half hour that the clamps are redundant, but I'm leaving them in place until I'm sure. SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-16140871729918782352017-10-23T12:02:58.427-04:002017-10-23T12:02:58.427-04:00Don't feel bad. When I made the new neck for m...Don't feel bad. When I made the new neck for my acoustic guitar, after all the hard stuff like cutting the dovetail and shaping the neck etc etc, I broke off the fingerboard at the 14 fret while fretting it with a press- the support block had shifted just a wee bit and crack!. <br /> Fortunately I laid it down and walked off before trowing it across the room- then the thought occurred- it is a standard procedure to cut the fingerboard at the 14 fret when removing a neck-how bad can a break there really be? So a very careful clamping up to pull it together and re-align the board worked well enough to close the break to the point the fret slot would hold a fret. This was an instance where water thin super glue was a huge advantage, due to it's supreme wicking ability- the joint (break) was pulled up first, examined carefully, then the glue wicked in and fret slot recut. <br /> ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-53716786348723307732017-10-23T07:04:36.115-04:002017-10-23T07:04:36.115-04:00Reg T, you are so right about being busy in retire...Reg T, you are so right about being busy in retirement. <br />On the subject of fish glues, I would have to ask about the scale of their holding ability. <br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-77715139765172195932017-10-23T02:14:13.981-04:002017-10-23T02:14:13.981-04:00Another mystery solved! Ogg the dishwasher cleane...Another mystery solved! Ogg the dishwasher cleaned up his new invention by domesticating the dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-92140370921995257552017-10-23T00:29:16.827-04:002017-10-23T00:29:16.827-04:00As, I believe, is true of most of us, it sounds as...As, I believe, is true of most of us, it sounds as if you are busier than you were before you retired :-)Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.com