prepping glue joints

J Patrick Draine draine@mediaone.net
Sun, 24 Sep 2000 10:06:52 -0400


>  > >
>>  >Well show us his scientific evidence so we can make up our own minds.
>>
>>
>>
>>  For starters you can check out his "Understanding Woods" &
>>  "Identifying Woods" if you want see if he seems to know something
>>  about wood or not.
>
>Both of his books are available from Schaff.
>Here is another "authority"  http://www.titebond.com/default.asp  They even
>have an 800 tech support number.
>
>
>>  Aside from contamination, Hoadley noted that freshly planed or fine
>>  sanded surfaces will take a much better glue joint than a "roughened"
>>  or scored surface.
>>Patrick
>
>This is what I was asking for scientific (experimental results) about.  Have
>they tested the planed surfaces against the scored surfaces?  Because I was
>taught to score some surfaces I would like to know if that practice is now
>outdated, or applicable only to  newer   glues.  ---ric

I found my copy of "Understanding Wood: a craftsman's guide to wood 
technology" --pp. 176-177 cover the ground I summarized. No footnotes 
reference experiments but I'm sure they exist. I'll try to contact 
Hoadley for specifics.

Patrick


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