List, This is a fantastic and informative thread.Thanks for raising it, and all who contribute. Keep it going. Bruce Browning The Piano Tuner. > Jon Page wrote: >> >Hot Hide Glue it is! Hot Hide Glue it has always been >> >and Hot Hide Glue it always will be... >> >> I have encountered so much hot hide glue failure >> that I now use Bolduc wood glue for hanging hammers. >> >> Hot hide for damper felt and player work. >> >> -- >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Jon Page > > Sometime in my first few years of business, I had some > failures, and it ticked me off. I determined that the sharp > edge of the hole in the hammer molding was scraping off the > glue needed in the joint. Since then, I break the edge of the > hole with a multi-flute countersink of sorts and apply hot > hide glue to both the hole and the shank. Now the glue on the > shank is funneled into the joint instead of being scraped off, > and I've not had another failure since. > Ron N > >
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