Adhesives

Best Glue For Box Joints

I received this question in episode 6 of the Ask Brian Boggs Show: I’ll be making a Maloof dresser using box joints, I presume you mean finger joints, to join the carcass as you did with some of his. Do you think wood glue would make the joints too tight during glue-up? I’m presuming you …

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Best Adhesive For Lamination

I received this question in episode 6 of the Ask Brian Boggs Show: I was taught to use a two-part urea glue for bent lamination on rockers to prevent creep, but when visiting with Sam Maloof, I notice he uses yellow glue and said he never experienced creep in any of his bent laminations. Well, …

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So What About Nexabond

I received this question in episode 6 of the Ask Brian Boggs Show: What’s your take on the new generation of CA glues? I think the first company was called Nexabond, but somebody’s bought them out. Any experience or thought on where these types of glues are appropriate? I think it was in 2013 they …

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Hide Glue Ventures

I received this question in episode 5 of the Ask Brian Boggs Show: Do you use hide glue? If so, are you caught up with a double boiler and different grains or just hide glue in a bottle? We have used hide glue for at least 20 years and I started making my own early …

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