<html> At 07:15 AM 9/5/02 -0700, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Why 12 hours? seems like hot hide glue would set in just a couple of hours. Keith R</blockquote> 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 </html>