Tim Bueler
04-16-2019, 10:16 AM
There've been several discussions on SMC recently on the virtues of Titebond III so I thought I'd show my experience. This was an un-intentional experiment but I found it interesting none-the-less...simple mind, simple pleasures. :rolleyes:
This was a cabinet door, made of alder, a good tight machined joint and glued w/ TB III. The door warped at some point and got thrown in the burn pile outside along with some other rejects that got burned last fall. I just dug this sample out of the ash yesterday after it had spent all winter under up to 3' of snow and subject to recent torrential rains. To say it was soaked would be something of an understatement.
408073408074
After taking the before pictures I pried the joint apart. Much to my surprise the joint was still remarkably strong.:eek: As you can see in the next pictures there are still some portions where the glue joint was stronger than the wood. Now, I know saturated alder isn't very strong but still I was pretty surprised the joint didn't simply FALL apart after all it's been subject to.
408076408077
How would other glues hold up under the same conditions? :confused: The first question a research professor friend of mine would ask is "Where's your control group?" Well, um, :o. Yeah, no control group. Just completely anecdotal evidence that TB III can hold up well under some fairly extreme conditions. Burning, wet ash, fall rains, freezing, snow, spring rains. Not everyday a cabinet door get subjected to that! (hopefully ;))
Cheers y'all!
This was a cabinet door, made of alder, a good tight machined joint and glued w/ TB III. The door warped at some point and got thrown in the burn pile outside along with some other rejects that got burned last fall. I just dug this sample out of the ash yesterday after it had spent all winter under up to 3' of snow and subject to recent torrential rains. To say it was soaked would be something of an understatement.
408073408074
After taking the before pictures I pried the joint apart. Much to my surprise the joint was still remarkably strong.:eek: As you can see in the next pictures there are still some portions where the glue joint was stronger than the wood. Now, I know saturated alder isn't very strong but still I was pretty surprised the joint didn't simply FALL apart after all it's been subject to.
408076408077
How would other glues hold up under the same conditions? :confused: The first question a research professor friend of mine would ask is "Where's your control group?" Well, um, :o. Yeah, no control group. Just completely anecdotal evidence that TB III can hold up well under some fairly extreme conditions. Burning, wet ash, fall rains, freezing, snow, spring rains. Not everyday a cabinet door get subjected to that! (hopefully ;))
Cheers y'all!