glenn bradley
07-03-2015, 3:20 PM
I thought you could all use a laugh at my expense so here you go:
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Two flat boards about 8" x 38" laminated together; how hard can this be? I go through the requisite dry run that assures success in all-things-glue-up so all my clamps are in the right place, my glue and spreader is at hand, I'm ready to go.
I want a nice even layer of glue spread out across the surface. Given the size this is no small amount of glue. It is a little warm in the desert basin this morning so I have to move quickly. I am about 90% done spreading the glue when I realize I am spreading it on the wrong side . . .
--- queue the Keystone Cops music maestro! ---
I speak a few blue words of self encouragement and dash to the sink. I soak a few paper towels and return to wipe off the glue.
Need more paper towels, back to the sink, back to the bench.
Need more paper towels, decide to grab the whole roll. In grabbing the roll off the hanger I bump the router template storage that is over the sink.
The router templates come down like Fibber McGee's closet while I dash back to the nearly cleaned off material on the bench.
I get the glue all cleaned up and set the board off to dry while I restore order to the router template storage.
The way this is going I am now afraid the cleaned up side of the board may not be clean enough so, I lay down some silicone sheet to prevent myself from gluing the whole assembly to my current bench.
I successfully apply too much glue but, that's OK, I will just scoop up the excess with the spreader and toss it in the box I keep nearby for just such emergencies.
I successfully scoop the glue off onto the silicone sheet where it promptly slips under the show face of the assembly and makes a mess.
I clean this up as well as possible while applying clamps before my open-time runs out.
None of this shows in the picture except maybe a bit of waxed paper I put between the show face and a clamp that got caught. All in all a success but, you have to wonder. I have glued up dresser carcasses with web frames with less fuss. Murphy, thou art a cruel one today.
316727
Two flat boards about 8" x 38" laminated together; how hard can this be? I go through the requisite dry run that assures success in all-things-glue-up so all my clamps are in the right place, my glue and spreader is at hand, I'm ready to go.
I want a nice even layer of glue spread out across the surface. Given the size this is no small amount of glue. It is a little warm in the desert basin this morning so I have to move quickly. I am about 90% done spreading the glue when I realize I am spreading it on the wrong side . . .
--- queue the Keystone Cops music maestro! ---
I speak a few blue words of self encouragement and dash to the sink. I soak a few paper towels and return to wipe off the glue.
Need more paper towels, back to the sink, back to the bench.
Need more paper towels, decide to grab the whole roll. In grabbing the roll off the hanger I bump the router template storage that is over the sink.
The router templates come down like Fibber McGee's closet while I dash back to the nearly cleaned off material on the bench.
I get the glue all cleaned up and set the board off to dry while I restore order to the router template storage.
The way this is going I am now afraid the cleaned up side of the board may not be clean enough so, I lay down some silicone sheet to prevent myself from gluing the whole assembly to my current bench.
I successfully apply too much glue but, that's OK, I will just scoop up the excess with the spreader and toss it in the box I keep nearby for just such emergencies.
I successfully scoop the glue off onto the silicone sheet where it promptly slips under the show face of the assembly and makes a mess.
I clean this up as well as possible while applying clamps before my open-time runs out.
None of this shows in the picture except maybe a bit of waxed paper I put between the show face and a clamp that got caught. All in all a success but, you have to wonder. I have glued up dresser carcasses with web frames with less fuss. Murphy, thou art a cruel one today.