>if you are going for a brand new board it doesnt matter how much >destruction you cause the old one anyways. Thats Rons main point as I see it. > >RicB Partly, and that Titebond isn't any more insurmountable than hide glue under some circumstances. Even if someone can get a hundred year old board loose without damage, that's likely because it was held on with hundred year old hide glue. Taking last month's hide glue installed board out without damage is going to be a considerably different story. Same with popping those ribs off, and I don't really think there will be much difference between fresh Titebond and fresh hide glue this side of total destruction with something as soft as spruce. Ron N
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