Questions tagged [glue]
Chemical joinery. Using glues to attach pieces together.
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How do I fix this? If glue is needed what glue
I got this walking stick from my father, and it was given to me like the picture shows. How do I fix this?
I also must cut the walking stick down by two inches.
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Possible glue staining on cabinet doors with cane webbing, need advice
My daughter just bought the cabinet online and it came like this. They won’t refund or replace.
Any ideas of how to get the stains off the caning of the doors? We think it’s glue.
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How to join two parallel sheets of wood together
I have a desk which looks like this:
I have decided to take some steps to fix it. This includes creating a way to manage the dozens of wires that form part of the work from home setup.
I am going to ...
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DIY- how to build a long desk tabletop with solid wood planks that are large but shorter than the length of the desk
I am trying to build a desk for the home office area in my attic room. I would like to make a long wall-to-wall desk by gluing together a few big solid wood planks. The total length of the desk should ...
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'Wood glue doesn't stick to wood glue'. Could this conventional wisdom be wrong?
I've noticed something unexpected while testing PVA glues for strength.
Glues tested: Titebond Original, Titebond III Ultimate.
Wood species: Beech and Pine (and other unknown hardwood species).
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How to fix Ikea wooden lamp
The wooden legs of my Ikea Lauters lamp came loose and I need some advice how to fix it.
This is how the lamp looks like - you see the wooden legs:
The 3 legs each have a wooden "peg" that ...
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Fixing a crack in a thin layer of bent wood
I recently bought a wooden lamp which is made from thin bent wood. Unfortunately it arrived with a large crack.
Now I wonder what is the best way to fix it so that the crack is not or at least only ...
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What glue can I use to glue phenolic plywood to phenolic plywood, and laminate to phenolic plywood?
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I want to build some cabinets. Locally (Indonesia) there is 'cheap and nasty' 15mm plywood available, plus 15 & 18mm phenolic plywood. I tried ordering some 'slightly nicer' 18mm ...
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Should I treat end-grain on garden table with wood glue?
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I'm building a table for the garden and did some research into how I might seal and protect the most vulnerable parts of the table. The end-grain. The wood I have available is old(30+ ...
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Gluing end-grain
Reading Is glue the best permanent join? and How can I join two boards at the ends? it sounds like the consensus is that gluing end-grain just doesn't work well. As this answer explained,
When ...
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How do I get good glue coverage with a very small, 2-3mm, dowels?
I am building a small wooden box. To ensure the joints are strong, and to compensate for variations in my cutting, I was planning on using through dowels to get a good strong joint. I was also hoping ...
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What is "matrix gluing" (as opposed to "surface gluing")
A friend of mine is interviewing for a chemist position at a glue factory. As part of the interview, she has been asked to prepare a short presentation on the difference of "matrix gluing vs ...
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How to glue/ laminate a bow (archery) [closed]
I always wanted to make a bow (archery) the english long bow was a solid bow, not a laminate. Did anybody ever try to glue up a bow that worked afterwards?
If so How pls.
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How do they join wood in a Japanese Hangiri/Bowl?
I am not sure how familiar people are with a Hangiri - the Japanese bowl for mixing and seasoning rice. It looks like this:
It looks like a barrel and it has some copper rings for keeping the sides ...
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Can you separate a biscuit wood joint?
I have a two person desk that was made years ago from 16mm wood, PG bison boards. The top is a 32mm top.
It is attached to the legs and mid-section with biscuits where wood glue was applied and the ...
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Making wood filler from sawdust
The piece I am currently working on does not need to be perfect in any way, I am actually going for a slightly rough look (due to many mistakes along the way) but I would like to hide some of the ...
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Methods to prevent glue from filling narrow grooves during lamination
The kitchen knife-block that I own appears to have been constructed by:
Squaring off a large block of wood
Cutting into two opposite sides of the block a number of parallel slots (blind cuts) that ...
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wooden wheel cribs - car stands
I have some overstock of some baltic birch plywood and 1" MDF and I'd like to make some wood cribs similar to the ones in this forum
My intention is to sandwich a 12"x12"x1" piece ...
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What glue suits restoring this old (French?) chair?
I have this old chair, French I believe, for a restoration project.
It's a bit rickety so I'd like to take it apart, clean up the dowels and glue surfaces and re-glue before upholstering.
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How to fix this mirror frame that is coming apart?
I have an old dressing table, and the mirror frame is coming apart.
How best to repair it?
I am thinking carpenter glue, but I'm not sure.
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Is glue the best permanent join?
My understanding of modern wood glue is that, if the proper glue is used and wood surfaces are properly prepared, it will form a bond stronger than the wood itself.
Is this true? If not what are the ...
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What type(s) of glue can I use on wooden kitchen utensils and devices?
If I want to repair a kitchen utensil and want to be (totally) sure there is nothing poisonous, cancerous, allergenic, [fill in your adjective] in the glue. What should I choose?
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Separated wood 15 minutes after starting glue up, reapplied glue, and re-clamped, will the joint fail?
I'm making an end-grain cutting board.
While gluing my (18) strips of wood together, I dry fit the pieces, glued them, and clamped them.
As I was finishing tightening the clamps, I noticed that the ...
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Reinforce glued butt joints?
I'm an absolute noob when it comes to woodworking, but now I'm in the middle of my first (some sort of) drawer/shelves building project.
I've glued together all four sides (store bought edge glued ...
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Is there a DIY glue or epoxy alternative strong enough to hold bamboo bicycle frame joints?
I want to make bamboo bike like Craig Calfee and so many others have made, but if possible, I would rather not use epoxy, which is not biodegradable.
A bamboo bike has a frame made of bamboo, held ...
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How to separate wood I glued together
I have a cabinet door that broke along one full side at the joint. I glued the joint back together last night, but this morning realized I didn't clamp it to pull the joint in all the way flush (I don'...
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How to level plywood/OSB shed floor
We recently purchased a barn-style 8 x 24' pre-assembled shed. When it arrived, the plywood floor was not even. The edges weren't aligned, so the floor is 1/8 inch higher in some places. I'm wondering ...
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Best way to fix broken wooden pendant?
I have a small carved wooden pendant of an owl with its wings outspread, unfortunately one of the wings snapped off in a clean break. What's the best way to put it back together without worrying that ...
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Can I glue back a piece of black lacquer finish onto my piano leg?
I have a piano with a black lacquer finish. A piece of the finish has chipped off one of the legs. I have the piece that has been chipped off and can fit it into the damaged part perfectly. Is ...
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How can I remove metal connectors from a thin wooden ring?
My issue is in the form of these headphone rings - I'm wanting to create new ones, but I need to extract these big metal lugs from the original, preferably without destroying them.
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Gluing veneered panels together to make a box
I'm trying to glue two panels of wood together at a 90 degree angle (the project is to make a box). I have veneer w/ adhesive on the back that I can iron on.
My question is, what is the best order of ...
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Is hide glue suitable for gluing together wooden picture frames?
I would like to glue together the mitred ends of some beechwood, using hide glue. My concerns are ...
Is hide glue strong enough?
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Do modern glues make miter lock joints obsolete?
The idea of the miter lock was to be able to create long rectangular tubes of wood that would have strong, perfect joints. The challenge of using miter lock bits was significant though. Adjustment of ...
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Is gluing a long butt joint risky?
I want to attach two 5'6" red oak boards together as part of a table, both 3" x 0.75" at a 90 degree angle, like this:
I was planning on gluing them and adding some pocket screws on ...
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Repair warped wood in situ
I have acquired a coffee table (it's more like a small wide chest of drawers) with a warped frame and want to check that my fixing method is appropriate and cannot be improved upon.**
My plan to fix ...
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How can I drill a D-shaped hole to make a custom wood knob for an old stove?
I have a very old (1940's) Kenmore stove/oven that has almost no info online about it -- and have been looking and failing to find replacement knobs for years now. It has an extra large D-shaped gas ...
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Can I glue 1/4" poplar to the side of a crappy vanity (particle board with a hideous fake wood something on it)? If so, what glue?
Thanks in advance for helping me with this.
I bought a cheap vanity for my apartment. The front is pretty enough, but the exposed side is hideous. It looks really fake because it is. It's particle ...
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Attaching caned webbing to cabinet doors
I'm making a cabinet and using cane webbing in the doors. I need to adhere the webbing to a stained ply for the backing.
I can't seem to find an answer on what to use for glue. Any advice would be ...
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Titebond III Ultimate for raised garden bed
I would like to use TB 3 Ultimate to glue stacks of 4"x4"x8' together in a overlapping configuration to make a 12" tall garden bed. With it hold up under Pacific NW east cascade weather?...
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How to permanently bond metal screws into wood?
My sister recently gave my daughter a toy train set. It's sturdy enough —the axels are thick and strong— but they have screw-in brass eyes and hooks to join the carriages together.
These only take 5 ...
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Laminating a long beam for strength
Very similar to this question I want to create a balance beam to span the narrow part of a swimming pool which is 16'. I'm thinking of a length of 18' to allow 1' on either side. My initial thoughts ...
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Exterior glue for tapered plugs
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I asked this question back in 2016 when I was about to repair some windows on my own house. The approach I finally chose was to use PVA glue, plane the plugs flat while the glue was ...
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What is the strongest wood filler?
I do a good amount of repair and this comes up quite often. Here is a typical situation from today, fixing a chair frame - one of the frame beams broke off and ripped out about half of the layers of ...
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What is the impact of cold temperatures on glue joints?
I'm about to start construction of a shop cabinet, and it will involve a fair bit of gluing with standard yellow carpenter's glue. Unfortunately, my garage/shop is unheated and only partially ...
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How to stabilize a bar table with hairpin legs
I'm doing a one-off project for a much-needed small dining space in the holiday home.
I have a set of 4 hairpin legs at 106cm each that I want to use for a bar table. I want a nice table top but want ...
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Veneer and Air Bubbles
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I'm making two chess sets, connected via internet. The pieces have magnets, and the board has magnetic sensors, so when a piece is moved on one board, it is dragged with an ...
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Failed table leg glue up removal
I purchased a lovely table on the cheap off Craigslist that needs repair to the table legs. Fractured at the point where the legs meet the base, the breaks were filled with some kind of glue but not ...
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Can I glue OSB to plywood?
I am planning to build a workbench and want to use layered plywood for the bench top. To keep costs down, I am considering using 3/4" OSB for the base and glueing 1/4" plywood on top instead of ...
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Stain then glue, or vice-versa?
After you've fabricated your pieces, is it better to "glue-up", then stain? Or is it better to stain first, then glue? What's a good rule-of-thumb?
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Why glue the bottom of the box
I am only starting woodworking and in several books I read that woodworking is all about prevent final product from damage of season temperature and humidity changes. So it means that to glue the ...
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