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Biscuit Joints
Using thin wood wafers called biscuits can strengthen wood joints by providing more glue bonding area. You can use a biscuit ... |
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Blade Check
If your wood gluing work is less than successful, check your blades. If the blade in your saw is getting dull, it can loosen ... |
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Clamp Helper
When clamping long or wide panels with bar clamps, a dowel inserted crosswise between the jaws of the bar clamps and the wood ... |
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Drying Glue
Do you have any chairs, tables, or other wooden furniture that are a little wobbly due to the glue drying out? Here's how you ... |
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Finger Joints
Fingerjointing is a process in which short pieces of high grade wood are end glued together to make long lengths of stock. The ... |
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Flexible Clamps
Old bicycle innertubes that are cut into long, narrow strips can make excellent clamps for repairing broken wooden furniture. ... |
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Glue Containers
Getting black glue lines on projects? Metal containers like coffee cans can cause this problem, which occurs more often with ... |
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Glue Prep
Glue will soak more into the end grain of wood and potentially result in starved glue joints. To help prevent this, you can ... |
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Glue Removal
Glue squeeze-out can be wiped up with a wet rag, but this can drive some of the glue into the wood's pores. A method preferred ... |
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Glue Split Wood
Hammering a nail close to the edge of a piece of a board may cause it to split. This problem can be solved by using the nail ... |
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Glue Sticks
There are several adhesive glue sticks to choose from for your hot glue gun. Here's a description of the most common to help ... |
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Glue Temperature
The time needed to glue up wood in a cold workshop may be twice as long as in one at room temperature. Below certain levels, ... |
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Glue Tools
An inexpensive nylon-bristle brush and a few small "acid" brushes that are sold for applying soldering flux can make great ... |
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Glue Types
There are a many choices to make when choosing glue. Here are some of the most common: 1) White glue is the most popular ... |
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Glueing Glass
Whenever you are glueing glass you must consider the visibility of the adhesive. If the glass is translucent, you will want a ... |
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Glueing Metal
Whenever you are gluing metal it's a good idea to clean it first with steel wool or sandpaper. (Rust never sleeps.) |
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Glueing Styrofoam
Styrofoam is a plastic that has been whipped up like a milkshake and then cured that way. That's what makes it light. Like ... |
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Hot Glue Fix
One problem in using older-style pegboard hooks is that they tend to pull out when the tools are removed. One way you can ... |
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Ironing Veneer
If you are gluing veneer to a wood surface, you can use an old clothes iron to help. First use a sponge to wet the face of the ... |
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Joint Sizing
Glue will soak more into the end grain of wood and can potentially result in starved glue joints. To help prevent this, you ... |
