<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Dale. I was just regurgitating what I have heard from quite a = few sources: cold hide glue is fine for gluing felt, etc. , but you must use = hot hide glue for bonding that may see stress. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I use cold hide glue quite a bit and it seems pretty strong to me. = Someone told me that David Hughes also glues his boards in with cold hide. If it = works well, and sure is an easy glue to use, I would have to consider it for = this use. Thanks for pointing it out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@AOL.COM href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 13, 2002 = 5:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: my own = Soundboard</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 1/13/2002 1:17:57 AM Pacific = Standard Time, <A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> writes:<BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>Re: my own Soundboard </B><BR>Date:1/13/2002 = 1:17:57 AM Pacific Standard Time<BR>From:<A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A><BR>= Reply-to:<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>To:<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><I>Sent = from the Internet </I><BR><BR><BR>     Terry Farrell writes<BR>Greg, my information is that cold hide glue does not have = adequate strength<BR>for the board-to-rim joint. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>        Well I = don't know about that Terry.  I've glued in close to 50 boards with the = cold hide glue and never a failure. I always use fresh bottles of it = however. If you have used this glue then you would know that it has a longer = working time than hot hide but can dry just as hard with time.  I can easily = glue a board in by myself before I have any concerns about it tacking up too = much. Usually we have the glue on and the board in the rim and clamping up = in 6 or 8 minutes fully clamped in 10 min.<BR>     One time = I had to remove a couple of ribs from freshly glued up panel that had sliipped = when I put the go bars on. The ribs had dried over the weekend and I had a = miserable time getting them off. Cold hide glue has proven itself a very tenious = bonding agent especially after it has some time to cure completely. Buy a = bottle and bond some spruce to maple and then try getting it apart after it has = dried thoroughly. <BR>   It works for me and others I'm aware of. = Maybe the information you received was somebodys bais or prefrence. = Personally I like using glues that I can easily get off without tearing off too = much wood with it. Enough = said.<BR><BR>          =       Dale Erwin<BR>   = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>