Sorry if this question demonstrates adult ADD: Are these glues (Assmbly 65 & Tightbnd 50) replacing hot hide in traditional wood-shank assemblies? If it's been discussed, please just direct me towards threads. Thks David Skolnik At 12:59 PM 5/8/2012, you wrote: >On 5/8/2012 11:32 AM, McCoy, Alan wrote: >>Thanks Dale. I may give them both a shot to see what they are like. > >Alan, >If you're talking about WN&G shanks, I wouldn't. They went to the CA >because of something I talked to Bruce about when the carbon fiber >shanks first appeared. CF doesn't change dimension with humidity >changes, wood moldings do. So the odds of putting the two together >with a woodworking glue and getting them to stay there through a few >years of the humidity swings a lot of us experience through the year >isn't a good bet. The glue doesn't bond to the CF, and you only get >the mechanical "tooth" holding it there if you rough it up >adequately. Apparently, enough hammers fell off after installation >that they went to the CA. > >Incidentally, Assembly 65 is RF response quick cure (or heat by >other means) too. > >I've been using some of Dale's Titebond 50, and like it for some >things. It seems to require somewhat less clamp time before you can >get on with cutting and shaping a rough glue-up than does Titebond >original. That's good for the pathologically impatient, like me, but >it's much harder to control under the clamps. The TB 50 tends to >squirm and skate much worse than the TB original, so it requires >more attention and constraint. I haven't used it for lamination of >curved stuff yet, so I don't know exactly what to expect there as >far as safe cycle time. > >Both dry harder than TB original, with the Assy 65 herder than TB >50. Both look like first rate glues, depending on your use, needs, and habits. > >Ron N
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