hanau
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Just started using ca glue how do you do your gluing , so fingers don't get cover in the glue?
gluing the brass tube in?
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cd18524
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I use latex gloves and care. There is a tool designed just for that purpose, or you can turn your own.
Chris
Chris
Tanner
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Latex here too. Box of 100 at Home Depot.
ed4copies
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The glue comes off your hands (in a few days), so you can recoat!
Or Acetone will take it off (mostly) faster, coupled with a shower and good soap.
Or Acetone will take it off (mostly) faster, coupled with a shower and good soap.
LEAP
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I used an old nail set for a long time before I bought an insertion tool. I put a little wax on the tool to keep the glue from sticking to it. I also use small craft sticks (a couple bucks for 500)to spread the glue inside the blank and on the tube. Hardly ever get any glue on my hands anymore.
Paul in OKC
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I use a golf tee until it gets well built up with CA, then get another! At least since I don't play anymore they are still getting used[
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arioux
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Hi,
Use the cap of your 2oz. ca glue bottle. Works great.
Alfred
Use the cap of your 2oz. ca glue bottle. Works great.
Alfred
hanau
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using other things to hold the tube, then slide the tube in what keeps the tube from sticking to the holder?
i used a steel punch and it was on there for a few seconds and the tube started to stick to the punch. does wax help?
i used a steel punch and it was on there for a few seconds and the tube started to stick to the punch. does wax help?
TellicoTurning
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I just don't put my fingers together while the glue is wet... otherwise, I use the tool from PSI/CSUSA or a pair of needle nose pliers..
George7
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I've found that a 1/2 cc insulin syringe makes a great tool for 7 mm tubes. I clip the needle and put the orange needle cover back on the syringe and use it as an insertion tool. CA doesn't stick very well to the plastic so a syringe can be used quite a few times. I use 2 syringes a day, so I will probably never run out.
its_virgil
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Low Tech insertion tool....a pencil. When the end is glue bound I sharpen. []
Do a good turn daily!
Don
]Do a good turn daily!
Don
Dario
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I use nitrile gloves sold at HF.
For insertion, I sometimes use old Sharpie markers. The end is rounded enough to push (cannot over push too) and the size is perfect for me.
For spreading glue inside the hole, I use bamboo BBQ skewers. You can re-use the same one for a long time too.
For insertion, I sometimes use old Sharpie markers. The end is rounded enough to push (cannot over push too) and the size is perfect for me.
For spreading glue inside the hole, I use bamboo BBQ skewers. You can re-use the same one for a long time too.
DocStram
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Same as Dario ... nitrile/latex at HF. Wait til they go on sale ... great deal.
tnilmerl
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Why all the muss with insertion tools. Just use a scrap piece of wood or cover your worbench with a sheet of cardboard. Take a tube buttered up with the glue of your choice, rotate the tube in and out of the blank a few times to butter the inside of the blank. Then, insert tube mostly into the blank, invert blank onto scrap wood/cardboard, push tube flush with blank, then "SLIDE" the blank across the scrap all the way to the edge. This keeps the tube inside the blank and wipes off most of the excess glue. If using CA, the give it a quick shot of accelerator to dry the remaining glue. Any glue that seeps inside the tube is quickly removed with an Exacto knife.
Been slapping this way for years and, except for a mishap with some birdseye maple in the beginning, have never had any problems since. You do have to do this quickly before the glue sets, but that the same regardless of the tube insertion method used. You still have to dry fit before gluing and you still have to trim your barrels, but why buy an unnecessary tool?
Been slapping this way for years and, except for a mishap with some birdseye maple in the beginning, have never had any problems since. You do have to do this quickly before the glue sets, but that the same regardless of the tube insertion method used. You still have to dry fit before gluing and you still have to trim your barrels, but why buy an unnecessary tool?
Mikey
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I use my fingers. I coat half the tube and when i slide it in, the glue works it's way over the entire blank leaving only a little coming out the end. I used to not wear gloves but would always get a little and now I just get the 100 pack of gloves for $10 from places like Rockler or wherever.
JasonF
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Same as Alfred, I use the cap from the CA glue (2oz and smaller). It was kinda like finding a piece of candy in your pocket when I figured it would work []. The cap has a cone shape that works great with the brass tube. Glue is from Monty (best place to buy CA glue), here is a pic from his site so you can see the cap:
http://woodenwonderstx.com/WW-06/CA_Glue_Page.html
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]. The cap has a cone shape that works great with the brass tube. Glue is from Monty (best place to buy CA glue), here is a pic from his site so you can see the cap:http://woodenwonderstx.com/WW-06/CA_Glue_Page.html
its_virgil
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Hey Dario,
I had a tenant who left three boxes of those bamboo skewers...look like toothpicks on heavy steriods... I brought them home and have been using them also. They do work great for getting the glue spread. BTW, I use two part eposy for tubes, not CA.
Do a good turn daily!
Don
I had a tenant who left three boxes of those bamboo skewers...look like toothpicks on heavy steriods... I brought them home and have been using them also. They do work great for getting the glue spread. BTW, I use two part eposy for tubes, not CA.
Do a good turn daily!
Don
keithz
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nitrile gloves and an insertion tool
keithz
keithz
bnoles
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This thread brings about a funny story I would like to share.
For the past couple of years my wife and I have been eating at a Japanese restraunt on a regular basis. It was after the first couple of visits that I would give my wife the chop sticks to put in her purse that were at the table when we were seated only to have the sweet waitress bring us another set when taking our drink orders. I would then hand those to my wife as well for the purse. When the meal was brought out, the sweet waitress would again bring us another set of chop sticks and I would repeat the process. We don't even know how to use the things and simply use the fork that is also at the table instead. Being that these chop sticks were made of wood, I simply collected them in my shop thinking that some day I might find a use for them. I must have a couple hundred sets of them stored away under my work bench. A couple of months ago, I found them to come in quite handy for applying glue to my tubes and blanks as they are a perfect size for the drilled holes and and certainly long enough to do a good job.
The waitress has come to know us quite well over the years and now when we come in, she neatly places us 3 sets each of chop sticks at the table for me to pilfer to the wife's purse. The funny part of the story is that she has yet to ask what it is I am doing with these things [}][]
Sorry.... just had to share this one []
For the past couple of years my wife and I have been eating at a Japanese restraunt on a regular basis. It was after the first couple of visits that I would give my wife the chop sticks to put in her purse that were at the table when we were seated only to have the sweet waitress bring us another set when taking our drink orders. I would then hand those to my wife as well for the purse. When the meal was brought out, the sweet waitress would again bring us another set of chop sticks and I would repeat the process. We don't even know how to use the things and simply use the fork that is also at the table instead. Being that these chop sticks were made of wood, I simply collected them in my shop thinking that some day I might find a use for them. I must have a couple hundred sets of them stored away under my work bench. A couple of months ago, I found them to come in quite handy for applying glue to my tubes and blanks as they are a perfect size for the drilled holes and and certainly long enough to do a good job.
The waitress has come to know us quite well over the years and now when we come in, she neatly places us 3 sets each of chop sticks at the table for me to pilfer to the wife's purse. The funny part of the story is that she has yet to ask what it is I am doing with these things [}
][]Sorry.... just had to share this one [
]mdburn_em
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Wow, I must be doing something wrong.
I bought one of those insertion tools and then found that it just gets in my way.
For coating the inside of the blanks, I use a q-tip. First I dab a couple drops of CA on it then hit it with accelerator. It makes a very nice applicator and you can use it a number of times before it gets too fat to fit in a 7mm blank, then I use it for larger ones. They're the right length too.
I also coat the tube (mostly) and slide it in and out and around in the hole to make sure I get good coverage. Then I use the back side of my exacto knife to push the tube so it's just past flush. This helps minimize the amount of glue in the tube.
Meanwhile I'm doing all of this over wax paper because CA doesn't really like wax paper. (I wear Nitrile gloves too, cuz I don't like CA glue)
I bought one of those insertion tools and then found that it just gets in my way.
For coating the inside of the blanks, I use a q-tip. First I dab a couple drops of CA on it then hit it with accelerator. It makes a very nice applicator and you can use it a number of times before it gets too fat to fit in a 7mm blank, then I use it for larger ones. They're the right length too.
I also coat the tube (mostly) and slide it in and out and around in the hole to make sure I get good coverage. Then I use the back side of my exacto knife to push the tube so it's just past flush. This helps minimize the amount of glue in the tube.
Meanwhile I'm doing all of this over wax paper because CA doesn't really like wax paper. (I wear Nitrile gloves too, cuz I don't like CA glue)
LostintheWoods
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I like a nail set or tapered aligning punch.
ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Bob,
Your waitress probably figures you're just another "crazy American" that can't leave free stuff alone!!!
She has to know you're not taking them home to eat Chinese, if you use the fork at the restaurant. (Try the chopsticks a few times, they are not that difficult and your waitress will be impressed that you care enough about her culture to make an attempt - she will be THRILLED to teach you how!!!) If you go to China, they don't serve forks (at least they didn't a couple decades ago), so you either learn chopsticks or drink a lot - I did both.
Your waitress probably figures you're just another "crazy American" that can't leave free stuff alone!!!
She has to know you're not taking them home to eat Chinese, if you use the fork at the restaurant. (Try the chopsticks a few times, they are not that difficult and your waitress will be impressed that you care enough about her culture to make an attempt - she will be THRILLED to teach you how!!!) If you go to China, they don't serve forks (at least they didn't a couple decades ago), so you either learn chopsticks or drink a lot - I did both.
TBone
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Ditto. Sometimes you can catch them on sale for under $5
bradh
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I just grap a leftover plastic bag from a kit and use that. The glue sticks to the bag rather than me.
Brad
Brad
bob393
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A tube insertion tool.
wudnhed
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Latex gloves, Sumo or Gorilla glue, newspapers and napkins. I am really sloppy[]
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johncrane
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l mainly use a two pack glue and use chopsticks too mix and spread it. They come free with take away orders at the noddle shop.using a two pack glue gives me plenty of time too get it right.Also the excess glue is easy to clean up.[]
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