CA glue and bridle straps

[Mike McCoy]

Hi Dave,

 No last rites for this one! This was an experiment on 90 yr old
butts..(that doesn't sound good). The straps come off just fine with an
xacto knife, glue and all. I was out of hide glue flakes and was in an
experimental mood. The drop of CA glue was used to make it tack in place
quickly.

Mike

""Did you give the hammer butts their last rites?  CA glue in my humble
opinion 
is excessive. Even with yellow glue. All you need is either hot hide
glue, or 
liquid hide glue. Should you even need to replace them again you can
then 
steam or clean the glue easily. With CA you cannot.  By the way, with
the 
action upside down in the cradle, and the hammer butts facing up, I can
glue 
in the straps in 30 minutes or less, using the hot hide glue method.""

Dave Peake, RPT
Portland Chapter
Oregon City, OR"""



DGPEAKE@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 11/19/99 6:45:01 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> mjmc@attglobal.net writes:
> 
> << List,
> 
>   Last week I used Susan's CA and yellow glue combination on a bridle
>  strap install and it worked very well and fast. Typically I glue the
>  straps to the catcher shank right where it enters the hammer butt. I
>  used a "brush" made from a piece of hammer felt glued to a hammer shank
>  to put a dot of yellow glue on the shank, did 6 at a time, then put a
>  dot of medium CA on the strap and held it in place for 3 seconds or so
>  with a BSHIP stick. (Bridle strap hold in place). This was two hammer
>  shanks glued end to end with a sleeve, one end carved to the curve of
>  the catcher shank. With the straps previously cut, gluing all 88 in
>  place took 30 minutes. That glue combination is my new friend, I should
>  get a life.
> 
>  Mike
> 
>  --
>  Mike McCoy
>  So Central Pa Chapter 170, PTG
>  Middletown, Pa
>  Mailto:mjmc@attglobal.net
>   >>
> 
> Did you give the hammer butts their last rites?  CA glue in my humble opinion
> is excessive. Even with yellow glue. All you need is either hot hide glue, or
> liquid hide glue. Should you even need to replace them again you can then
> steam or clean the glue easily. With CA you cannot.  By the way, with the
> action upside down in the cradle, and the hammer butts facing up, I can glue
> in the straps in 30 minutes or less, using the hot hide glue method.
> 
> Dave Peake, RPT
> Portland Chapter
> Oregon City, OR

-- 
Mike McCoy
So Central Pa Chapter 170, PTG
Middletown, Pa
Mailto:mjmc@attglobal.net