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Re: Glue
zap a gap seems like a pretty good idea!
I use CA and then hold the joints and members together with light clamps to strengthen it and bond it.
I use CA and then hold the joints and members together with light clamps to strengthen it and bond it.
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Re: Glue
How do you guys keep glue of your fingers and from sticking to the tower itself?
I glue straight for the bottle, and when pressing on the wood, the glue gets on my fingers and sticks them to the tower itself.
I glue straight for the bottle, and when pressing on the wood, the glue gets on my fingers and sticks them to the tower itself.
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Re: Glue
You can use an extension tip to better control the amount and placement of glue from the bottle. Here is one that I like:soccerkid812 wrote:How do you guys keep glue of your fingers and from sticking to the tower itself?
I glue straight for the bottle, and when pressing on the wood, the glue gets on my fingers and sticks them to the tower itself.
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Re: Glue
I'm not in towers this year, but from being in helicopter I know that buying CA glue accelerator would solve your problems. Put the superglue on the joints of the wood and spray with accelerator. This helps it to dry so quickly that your fingers cannot possibly get stuck. Hold the wood firmly in place (a good distance away from the glued joint) to make sure you're in the right position when you spray.
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Re: Glue
I get some thin jewelry wire (quite malleable into w/e shape you desire) and bend it into a sort of parabola except the tips come together. Then i get a thumbtack and drop a drop of CA on the thumbtack (once it has been mounted on a stable surface, in my case i just have scrap cardboard). Then i take the applicator i've created and just dip it into the glue very gently. With a little practice, i've gotten to using one drop from the bottle for about 10 joints, if i build fast enough.
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Re: Glue
I remember for Elev Bridge that I used medium CA, which worked very well, and thin CA, which just got everywhere (bridge, fingers, jig, etc.). Of course, I wasn't using an applicator like most people here do, but thin CA is still a little too liquid for me.
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