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Less Expensive Glue
You can cut the cost of wood glue for workshop projects significantly by buying your glue in 1-qt. or larger containers. To ... |
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Loose Screws
One way to fix a loose screw in wood is to remove it and then insert toothpicks or burned wooden matches with a coating of ... |
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Removing Glue
Warm vinegar will generally soften the most stubborn old glue on old furniture. Dipping the parts to be reglued in warm water, ... |
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Repairing Furniture
Keep these things in mind when you need to repair old furniture. First, make sure you've removed all the old glue from the ... |
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Rough Surface Gluing
If you find irregular surfaces at the glue line in wood projects, the problem can be moisture levels. This can happen, for ... |
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Sizing Dowels
For a good joint, a fluted or spiraled dowel must fit snugly enough in the hole to allow the glue to come up around it. The ... |
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Splining
For added strength when you're butting two boards together, use the carpenter's trick of splining. Using a router, cut a ... |
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Straight Wood
Before you glue up wood for a project, examine the parts. If at all possible, start out with cleanly cut, perfectly straight ... |
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Subfloor Glue
When installing subfloor plywood it is a good idea to glue it down with a construction adhesive to prevent floor squeaks. |
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Top Gun
You can extend the the time it takes hot-melt glue to set by slightly pre-warming both the surfaces to be joined with a heat ... |
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Triangle Trick
When dry-fitting boards to be glued up later, here's a trick to help you make sure you will be able to get them back together ... |
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Wide Clamping
Need to hold extra-wide work for gluing up or driving screws? You can hook one jaw of a pipe clamp over your work, then turn ... |
