Well, I certainly considered it. Then I could charge more for "marine grade" ribs. I thought about giving it a try and measuring how much epoxy I applied, less how much oozed out, and then calculate how much this might affect the overall density of the rib. You can't epoxy starve an epoxy bond - so you need to use light clamping pressure, and leave some significant amount of epoxy in the joint. 'Course one nice thing about using epoxy is that you can run your laminates out from the bandsaw straight into the bonding fixture and bypass the planer. My guess is that the amount of epoxy in a five or six laminate rib would adversely affect the overall density of the rib. Besides, Titebond is cheaper. And my shop dog likes Titebond better than epoxy - but not nearly as much as hide glue. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip Ford" <fordpiano@earthlink.net> SNIP > > > >I was thinking that I should be using Titebond Extend. Or liquid > >(cold) hide glue. What are thoughts on the good ol' hide glue - it > >has lots of working time - ribs and panels are not for underwater > >work, are they? > > > >Terry Farrell > > > You're not using epoxy? I'm stunned. > > Phil Ford > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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