Hide Glue

[Farrell]

Hi Ed: Just to be sure if I am understanding you correctly - you don't apply 
hide glue directly to the bushing cloth at all? You only apply glue to the 
key mortise and then apply the bushing cloth to that? Thanks.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 

>     Perhaps if the technique calls for applying glue to felt, the above
> thickness is required.  However, I apply the glue to the wood of the key, 
> and for
> that, a thinner glue is my preference.  When the glue hits the wood,  it 
> loses
> a bit of the water and begins to gel in place.  I get a sizing effect in 
> the
> front rail mortices while applying the glue directly to the wood, and, it
> allows the repair of the ever present stray wood chip or splinter.  As the 
> felt is
> pressed into this tacky surface and clamped, it seems to adhere without
> hardening  more felt than is necessary.  Going leisurely, the glue has 
> time to gel
> a little so the joint isn't starved.  I get good glue penetration, and 
> solid
> bonding in an easy to remove package.
>       When I was first taught this way of bushing, the North Bennet school
> was using Bill Garlick's  "English boxcloth" that was so finely woven, we
> barely did more than wet the bushing mortices.  It stuck like crazy. 
> Since then, I
> have used what seemed like lesser cloths, and they do need more glue to
> stick.
> Regards,
>
> Ed Foote RPT