Thread: How do you glue 'Turpentine' timber

Can't see it being that bad. I've glued tallowwood successfully with epoxy before. Turpentine is about the same density but not greasy, so should be easier to glue.

(When gluing the tallow I cleaned the surface with acetone first).

Hi Cam.H,
I was given a piece of Electricity Pole of "Turpentine Wood " many years ago.
My Bandsaw Blade lasted about 5 Secs. & every Chisel I touched it with went Blunt.
Ended up giving it to a Relly to burn.
Now whether it could be the same Species or not, who wood know.
Personally I wood leave it alone, but that's me.

Originally Posted by issatree

Hi Cam.H,
I was given a piece of Electricity Pole of "Turpentine Wood " many years ago.
My Bandsaw Blade lasted about 5 Secs. & every Chisel I touched it with went Blunt.
Ended up giving it to a Relly to burn.
Now whether it could be the same Species or not, who wood know.
Personally I wood leave it alone, but that's me.

Well that could be a waste of time! It's pretty hard to get turpentine wood to burn. DAMHIKT.

I've never tried to glue it, but with most timbers that are difficult to glue, cleaning with acetone immediately beforehand and using epoxy, seems to be the best way.

Thanks for tho info guys.

Yeah was hard going on the chainsaw...

Acetone and epoxy it is.

Cheers.

Hi Cam,
I have glued what I was told to be red turpentine with white pva, hand planed board edges before gluing, so far so good, that was a number of years ago.


Pete

Originally Posted by pjt

Hi Cam,
I have glued what I was told to be red turpentine with white pva, hand planed board edges before gluing, so far so good, that was a number of years ago.


Pete

Thanks Pete! BTW, still going with my extraction planning..

No worries Cam,
Here's a thread in timber I started re. the timber I think is red turpentine.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f14/ti...25/index2.html



Pete

Originally Posted by issatree

My Bandsaw Blade lasted about 5 Secs. & every Chisel I touched it with went Blunt.

Hi Cam,

The above comment sounds about right if the link you provided ('Turpentine' Timber ?) is anything to go by. The write up specifically mentions that the wood has a high silica content so it's no wonder that it's hard on blades. Personally I wouldn't waste my tools on it unless there was something special about it, maybe some nice figure in the wood or some sentimental value to the piece you're working with?

Just my 2 cents.
Cheers
Mat