Rub joints

[James Pallas]

I was glueing up a lid for a small box today. It’s about 10”x7”. I just rub joint things like this with the glue at hand. In this case just Titebond. Three joints rubbed together. Easy not much mess. To my knowledge, after doing this hundreds of times, I’ve never had a failure. Just curious in regards to the experiences of others. I tend to use this technique a lot for joints that are 2’ or less.

[Frederick Skelly]

No clamps or anything Jim?

[Jim Koepke]

Was it Titebond hide glue?

jtk

[James Pallas]

No clamps or anything Jim?
Fred, No clamps, rub until it stiffens up a bit and leave it for 15 minutes or so. I then do the next joint if required then usually let it sit quietly for a least a few hours, the next day if I’m going to do something really stressful to the joint. I understand that the technique was used a lot in the past with HHG. It’s worked ok for me with regular PVA. I’ve never intentionally tried to break a joint.

[Frederick Skelly]

Fred, No clamps, rub until it stiffens up a bit and leave it for 15 minutes or so. I then do the next joint if required then usually let it sit quietly for a least a few hours, the next day if I’m going to do something really stressful to the joint. I understand that the technique was used a lot in the past with HHG. It’s worked ok for me with regular PVA. I’ve never intentionally tried to break a joint.

Thank you!

[Jim Koepke]

I understand that the technique was used a lot in the past with HHG. It’s worked ok for me with regular PVA. I’ve never intentionally tried to break a joint.

Interesting, sounds like something that could use some testing to determine the effectiveness.

jtk

[James Pallas]

[QUOTE=Jim Koepke;3031778]Was it Titebond hide glue?
Just PVA Jim. I’ve used HHG and liquid hide glue too. HHG works easier because it only takes a few minutes, maybe 5 and you can pick up a single joint panel and lean it against the wall to thoroughly dry. I also like to use it when things are hard to clamp up like segments for a rounded chest lid.

[Mel Fulks]

I'm a little surprised that some good and always busy workmen haven't been using rubbed joints. I think the use that
would be close to 100 percent rubbed joints is corner blocks and other kinds of glue blocks.