Today I was gluing up a table and used epoxy for some of the joints because I needed the safety margin of a long open time for the secondary parts while I focused on getting the legs and aprons closed up with Titebond. This raised the question of how to get the epoxy into mortises--domino slots, in this case--without risking hard-to-clean-up drips or wispy threads finding their way onto the surrounding areas of the workpiece. With PVA, this is pretty trivial, using a Fast Cap GluBot or similar applicator. My experience with epoxy is very limited but enough to know I can make a mess with it and needed something better than a finish nail dipped in epoxy to place it. In the event, I used an industrial syringe as pictured, coupled with an acetone-soaked paper towel to wipe the tip between applications and remove globs building up on the needle before they could fall onto my work. This proved to work pretty well (though I might try to get a bigger gauge needle in the future). But it left me wondering: what methods do those who often use epoxy in joinery applications find IMG_0655.jpgwork best for placing the glue?