Glues/Key Buttons

[Ken Jankura]

At 09:15 PM 10/24/99 -0700, you wrote:
>At 08:17 PM 10/24/1999 -0700, Jason wrote:
>
>>So Susan is saying that you mix yellow carpenters glue with super glue for
>>special uses? um ... why? 
>
>Susan is saying that you mix yellow or white glue (Elmer's works fine) with 
>CA glue, for speed of setup and firmness of grip, to avoid awkward clamping 
>situations, and to overcome CA glue's habit of sometimes not setting up or 
>failing when fit isn't perfect. 
>

List, I did a set of key buttons today using the CA/Titebond method, and it
worked great. On my simple glue-it-on-straight jig, using the glue mixture,
I would glue on the end button of a rack'o'buttons, hold it for 20 seconds,
and it would stay. Spring clamp temporarily. There are nine rack'o'buttons
in a set, so nine keys later, all were ready to finish trim on the bandsaw.
Repeat. This was my first time doing it this way and it broke the job up
nicely into manageably mundane segments. I haven't done too many sets of
buttons, and I was never happy with how slowly the job would go and how I
would rush the glue. I feel better now. Thanks again, Susan.

Ken Jankura
Newburg, PA