Tiny pieces in butts

[John Delacour]

Jurgen Goering wrote:
> ...Cutting the materials and getting the butts all uniform and 
> consistent can be a challenge, but it can be done. Perhaps 
> gang-clamping five or six butts and laying in strip instead of tiny 
> pieces, and cutting apart later would achieve good results? I have not 
> done it this way, but I would try it next time. 
That is the way I do it when I am recovering butts, and it is not only 
much quicker but makes a far neater job.  I normally do eight at a 
time.  I use the same blade for cutting them apart as I use for the 
guillotine mentioned in my last message -- and I always use hide glue, 
not only because it's fastest.

JD