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Re: Adhesive?
By:Nolan Penney
Date: 10/13/1998, 2:38 pm
In Response To: Re: Adhesive? (Nick Schade)

> You sure there was any glue at all in those spindly chairs. Traditionally
> chairs were not glued at all they depended on wedges to hold them
> together. You will often see chairs "fixed" with carpenter's
> glue, but this is not a good application for such glues. If you need
> gap-filling, epoxy is better, but a well constructed chair should not have
> any gaps.

Well there is that. The gaps that is. Yes the chairs had glue in them. But it was often repairs of wallered out holes with gloppings of glue, hoping for the best on a more is better theory of who needs proper fit.

> Roughly 1/3rd the price when comparing to West, Sys. 3 or MAS. About 1/2
> the price of Raka.

That's not what I'm seeing. I can get 5 qts of WEst for about $60 pretty easily. The glues are usually around $10-20 for a large one quart squeeze bottle.

Messages In This Thread

Adhesive?
Dave Carter -- 10/11/1998, 6:37 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/13/1998, 7:46 am
Re: Adhesive?
Nick Schade -- 10/13/1998, 1:33 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/13/1998, 2:38 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nick Schade -- 10/13/1998, 6:47 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/14/1998, 6:08 am
Re: Adhesive?
Mike Scarborough -- 10/13/1998, 9:42 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/14/1998, 6:14 am
Re: Adhesive?
Nick Schade -- 10/14/1998, 10:31 am
Re: Adhesive?
Nolan Penney -- 10/14/1998, 11:16 am
Re: waste epoxy
Don Beale -- 10/14/1998, 12:15 pm
Re: waste epoxy
Jay Babina -- 10/16/1998, 3:11 pm
Re: waste epoxy
Nick Schade -- 10/14/1998, 10:20 am
Re: Adhesive?
Rob Cochrane -- 10/12/1998, 7:29 am
Re: Adhesive?
Mike Scarborough -- 10/11/1998, 7:03 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Kenneth Paul -- 10/14/1998, 2:35 pm
Re: Adhesive?
Nick Schade -- 10/12/1998, 2:15 pm
toxicity of various woods
Brian C. -- 10/12/1998, 6:28 pm
Re: toxicity of various woods
Nick Schade -- 10/13/1998, 1:25 pm