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Re: Super Glue & Accelerator
By:Steve
Date: 2/20/2001, 1:36 pm
In Response To: Super Glue & Accelerator *Pic* (John Monfoe)

John,
Inlays look nice. I particulary like the rams head you did in an earlier post. How does the super glue joint sand? When I used to build model RC planes I always had a tough time sanding it because it was harder than the wood and tended to leave ridges at the joints. Of course that was balsa wood though. How is it with cedar?

: Hi all,

: I have been an advocate of using super glue and accelerator since I have been
: on this board because it has so many uses and will set in 5 or 10 seconds
: with a really strong bond. The decoration strips you see in the completed
: inlay photo glued up has 36 glue joints and was made in one day. The thin
: strips were 1/4" wide and as each one was super glued one at a time
: they were immediatly run through the table saw to make the strip widths
: running from .020 to .220. This would have taken a week using regular
: glue. Four 3/4" walnut strip were glued together and paralleled on
: the table saw before the 1/4' strips were glued and trimmed one at a time.
: Then the triangles were cut out after the glueing and strip saw sizing was
: finished. The only problem so far is I let them set overnight and they
: have curled some and so now I have them between two heavy books before I
: do my cutouts in the deck to insert them.

: John

Messages In This Thread

Super Glue & Accelerator *Pic*
John Monfoe -- 2/20/2001, 7:54 am
Re: Super Glue & Accelerator
Steve -- 2/20/2001, 1:36 pm
Re: Super Glue & Accelerator
John Monfoe -- 2/21/2001, 4:39 am