woodwish
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Some time back I started using Gorilla glue instead of epoxy, but yesterday I was out GG and had some old epoxy. Since the package said nothing about a shelf life I mixed up some to make some pens out of a recent stash of Bethlehem Olivewood for some special gifts. It looked OK so I glued up 6 pens, but 24 hours later it is just a gummy mess. Tried to use my end mill and it just made a mess, basically ruining that blank. So now the question is what to do with the other five?
* Try to push out all the tubes, clean with acetone and reglue with GG.
* Use a disc sander to trim the ends and use them anyway, I figure once the pen is finished and assembled the glue really doesn't do much.
* Set aside for a week or two just to see if it ever sets up.
* Throw it all away and chalk it up to experience. I would do this easily if they were just some cheap blanks that didn't matter, just can't stand the thought of throwing away 6 BOW blanks.
* Try to push out all the tubes, clean with acetone and reglue with GG.
* Use a disc sander to trim the ends and use them anyway, I figure once the pen is finished and assembled the glue really doesn't do much.
* Set aside for a week or two just to see if it ever sets up.
* Throw it all away and chalk it up to experience. I would do this easily if they were just some cheap blanks that didn't matter, just can't stand the thought of throwing away 6 BOW blanks.