CA gluecan also be used as anactual finishfor small turned items. Thick CA glue is applied to the piece via a paper towel with the lathe on a slow speed. The glue is then allowed to dry (or sprayed with anactivator) and then sanded with very fine grit sandpaper. This process is rep...
and when I first discovered pocket joinery, I thought it was a lazy, modern and second-rate way to join wood. Now I feel differently. I’ve come to realize that it may be the single best example of how woodworking innovation makes it significantly easier for beginners to succeed. Used in...
The difference between interior and exterior plywood is the resin glue that holds the veneer layers together. Exterior grade plywood marked with an “X” after the surface grade uses a more water-resistant resin than interior grade plywood. For example, CDX plywood means the face side is grade...
Softer and less dense than white ash and oak, cherry is easy to machine, nail and glue. It's somewhat brittle, though, and may split, chip or crack if you drop it or ask it to carry too much weight. Cherry bends with relative ease and finishes smoothly withsandingand polishing. Variet...
while it was printing I placed the M8 hex nut on my heated bed to warm the nut up to help with adhesion. The black knob was my second attempt I decreased my layer height and after heating up the nut, I also added glue stick, this increases the adhesion significantly, all told the se...