<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "Farrell" <</FONT><A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT = face=Arial>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sent: August 30, 2003 2:50 AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subject: Re: Titebond extend gluing times.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>When I need to glue up six rib laminations at a = time, even with the glue going onto a piece really fast, it still takes a good 10 = minutes to get all the clamps (20 of 'em) on the jig and real snug (I'm working = on a system to reduce this time). So I have the concern that gluing the rib = together with this schedule may result in less-than-optimal glue = joints.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>Which is why our rib cauls are only six inches wide.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>> <BR>> 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?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Forget liquid hide = glue--it's too inconsistent and sometimes doesn't really dry all that = well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Make your cauls six = inches wide and Titebond works just fine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>