Thread: Glueing issues!!

I've found that CA will adhere to a tube roughened with a much finer grit than epoxy will. But that's no real surprise, considering the different consistencies.

It's also just as likely that the drill bit is slightly oversized, or blunt/bowed & drilling an oversized hole, or it's one of those woods that no matter what you do the hole is always a different size to the drill bit.

(Ever drilled a blank and then discovered the tube won't fit? And then discovering that the same drill - and you know it's the same 'cos it's still in the jacob's chuck! - won't go back into the hole either? I've found that with some timbers it works the other way too. )

In that case epoxy is better than CA, no matter how thick it is. CA isn't good gap filler. If the tube is a push fit, CA's OK. But if the tube drops through the blank and out the other side without assistance, then epoxy will make it turnable.