chook
12th November 2004, 06:00 PM
:confused:
I have been asked to make a nest of tables. Up until recently almost all of my makings were for my immediate family so there was not likely to be any problems if a glued joint failed. I know that failures of joints can be caused by poor consruction or using the wrong joint for an application, but that aside what glue is best? Or is it a case of different glues for different purposes. Perhaps a glue for jointing table tops and a glue for mortice and tennons? As my work goes into the world I do not want any small reputation for quality I am trying to achieve to suffer due to my using inferior glues. Until a few years ago I used the common sellys PVA and I had no problems. But in the last few years I have used a cross linked PVA and triton glue, both of which seem to work well. I am not so sure about the triton glue for table tops as I seem to be getting a bit of trouble with small ridges at the glue lines. What do other people use?
I have been asked to make a nest of tables. Up until recently almost all of my makings were for my immediate family so there was not likely to be any problems if a glued joint failed. I know that failures of joints can be caused by poor consruction or using the wrong joint for an application, but that aside what glue is best? Or is it a case of different glues for different purposes. Perhaps a glue for jointing table tops and a glue for mortice and tennons? As my work goes into the world I do not want any small reputation for quality I am trying to achieve to suffer due to my using inferior glues. Until a few years ago I used the common sellys PVA and I had no problems. But in the last few years I have used a cross linked PVA and triton glue, both of which seem to work well. I am not so sure about the triton glue for table tops as I seem to be getting a bit of trouble with small ridges at the glue lines. What do other people use?