>>Why 12 hours? seems like hot hide glue would set in just a couple of hours. >>Keith R > > >Since there is a lot of water in the glue, you are sizing both the bushing >and mortice, I like to leave cauls at least 24hrs, With rebuilding jobs >I leave them 2 or 3 days. and have noticed a slight improvement in sizing. >Roger After all the bushings are in, I heat all the cauls (aluminum or brass) with a heat gun and leave them in for a day. With the heat, I haven't noticed anything I could call a difference in fit between 24, or 48+ hours. Either way, I still have to chip out the glue at the bottom of the bushing of the ones I got too much in. Ron N
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