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Thread: Gluing Leather Pieces to Timber
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11th August 2012, 03:12 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Gluing Leather Pieces to Timber
Hi
I have just made a woodworking mallet.
On the faces that are used to strike I am going to glue pieces of leather to soften the blows. (I saw this recently on a woodworking video)
My question is what glue to use to stick leather to tassie oak.
I have:
Titebond II
Titebond III
PVA Glue
Glue Gun
CA
Spray adhesive
Liquid Nails
Epoxy
Would any of these work properly?
In the videos he uses something called contact cement. I would rather not have to go and buy something just for this simple taks though.
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11th August 2012, 03:43 PM #2
Contact adhesive is the way to go, can get it in the junk shops for a couple of bucks. OR use your spray adhesive but do a fair few coats on each side before sticking.
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11th August 2012, 04:19 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Wood striking wood has been no big deal in my carving shop. Most of my gouges (Pfeil) need to be able to take a swing or twenty with a lead core, 30 oz mallet.
I have made some mallets from alder log pieces (Alnus viridis) with the expectation that my expensive carving gouges are "bash-worthy."
Yes, they are. I can't hit them hard enough to be a problem.
Quite frankly, I'd like to find the situation when and where I really do break something.
What an exotic reason to go shopping.
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11th August 2012, 07:34 PM #4
I'd go with Titebond II. Contact adhesive sticks well to leather, but sometimes not so well to wood.
For thin leather, you can put the Titebond on both surfaces, let it dry for at least an hour, then put the leather in place and use a hot iron to re-activate it. Not sure how thick your leather face is.
Amazing how often you use a deadblow mallet when you have one.
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11th August 2012, 11:08 PM #5
Titebond 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, epoxy, PVA will all work. Leather sticks very well with timber. I glue a piece of leather at the bottom of the leg of every thing I make.
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12th August 2012, 02:51 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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