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I glued up these fir strips a couple of days ago for destructive testing of my homemade liquid hide glue. For those that don’t know, this glue stay...

While planning my first veneer marquetry experience I was a little worried about using hot hide glue to fasten the marquetry to the box sides of my...

If any of you are interested in trying hide glue but think it is messy or inconvenient / slow to apply on larger glue-ups. I can tell you about it ...

Paul posted this blog about hide glue and answered a lot of my questions. Thanks Paul! I needed to do a complex glue up where I could not use clamp...

In part one of this blog I went through making the stock of the pattern and sliced it into squares. This blog is the glue up of the pattern Hide gl...

Well I’m at it, the one part of this build that I wasn’t 100% confident in. I started the glue up with two sides and the 8 straightest boards to gi...

Well this is the day, the final assembly of the legs, the stretchers, and the bench top. We held a quick briefing and took note of the time. The gl...

While the turkey was baking in the oven, I thought I have few hour to kill. I decided to practice some more veneering. I just cooked a new batch of...

In the previous installment of this blog, I left off with the ribs cut and pattern routed. It is time to glue them up. I decided that the first 5 r...

I got the pieces glued up and cleaned up. I used biscuits to join them. Thorrein suggested using splines. I wish I’d seen that before I did the bis...

With the marquetry all done and mounted the focus turns to getting the carcass finished and glued up and to the finishing details. First up is to g...

Well starting some new bowls or serving bowls from the patterns I picked up at the wood show. Here is a glue up of 2 inch thick white oak that the ...