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Wood glue selection

carpainter · 2006-12-01 09:08:06

I'm hoping to make up some small tiles from scraps of solid oak floor I have; I want to laminate prepared sections together to make up the material I need. My first project is to make a small hardwood mallet for adjusting my timber smoothing plane. I've made a very substantial mallet before using teak, laminating 3 pieces…

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01-12-2006 10:08am

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carpainter

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I'm hoping to make up some small tiles from scraps of solid oak floor I have; I want to laminate prepared sections together to make up the material I need. My first project is to make a small hardwood mallet for adjusting my timber smoothing plane. I've made a very substantial mallet before using teak, laminating 3 pieces together to make the head. Now what I want to know is does anyone have any recommendations on a wood glue to use for such an application- it'll need to be weather resistant and strong; I've previously used Humbrol Cascamite but it's a chore to mix up- any other options?

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#2 01-12-2006 11:38am
dubtom

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Gorilla glue may do what you need. http://www.gorillaglue.com/home.htm
I've used it and it is good, bubbles up when dry so excess would have to be removed, but very strong. Mcquillans stock it.

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#3 01-12-2006 5:54pm
carpainter

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Cheers Dubtom, will try this...

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