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Double Bass Glue

#23
dperrott said:
While I use hot hide glue and don't like the bottled stuff, I do know a lot of woodworkers that use Old Brown Glue
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Interesting. I probably wouldn't use it for luthiery work, but would like to try it for other woodworking applications. Doesn't seem to be sold in Europe though.

I carve parts in exotic woods with a CNC router. I regularly glue the stock piece onto a sacrificial beech block so that I can mount the work in the vise. I use HHG so that after machining I can put the part in the microwave for twenty seconds and the glue joint breaks. No big deal to use HHG, but if there was something with a much slower gelling time I might find a use for it.
 
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robobass said:
Interesting. I probably wouldn't use it for luthiery work, but would like to try it for other woodworking applications. Doesn't seem to be sold in Europe though.

I carve parts in exotic woods with a CNC router. I regularly glue the stock piece onto a sacrificial beech block so that I can mount the work in the vise. I use HHG so that after machining I can put the part in the microwave for twenty seconds and the glue joint breaks. No big deal to use HHG, but if there was something with a much slower gelling time I might find a use for it.
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Patrick Edwards who makes it since a fanatic woodworker in marquetry. He has some videos that have to be online somewhere, of him discussing hide glues. Might be on his website. Really interesting stuff.
 
#32
damonsmith said:
I've used the titebond stuff for small seam re-glues for years. Luthiers have no issue getting it out, it doesn't seem to open on humid days - I only have seams come up in winter. It gets very humid here. I have two dowel clamps for a reason - if it takes more than two I bring it in!
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i regret to admit i've used this stuff many times as well...

never on basses, luckily on long island i've always had a qualified luthier minutes away.

i repaired several student grade violins with this stuff at my day job (that would've otherwise been garbage)

my personal martin acoustic guitar had a rib crack about an inch long develop when it was relatively new. i filled the crack with this stuff and used magnets to clamp it shut for a few days. i frequently check it, and it's never moved or had an issue.

looking back, i wish i had just invested in some equipment for HHG... oh well.

to the op, there's a reason every time this topic comes up you'll get flooded with "use hot hide glue" responses. damon and my experiences aside, anyone i've asked who is seasoned at making and repairing fine instruments gets confused at the notion of using the titebond stuff for an instrument.
 
#33
damonsmith said:
I've used the titebond stuff for small seam re-glues for years. Luthiers have no issue getting it out, it doesn't seem to open on humid days - I only have seams come up in winter. It gets very humid here. I have two dowel clamps for a reason - if it takes more than two I bring it in!
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No argument. I have a customer who spends most of his time in the mountains of Montana and has no luthier nearby. I recommended he find the bottled stuff and two Irwin pistol clamps. That held just fine and when he came to see me in the spring I cleaned that out and did it right. I sent him with a small bottle of granulated stuff which I’d prepared and he kept it on ice until he got home to refrigerate it. I keep a small bottle in the fridge for small seam repairs, dropping it in hot water much like the Old Brown Glue. It keeps just fine in the fridge.
 

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