A Gluing Question for the Glue Gurus
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:44 pm
Question:
I would like to hear the opinions on this from as many experienced builders who have the time and care to reply. I also hope it isn't a truly dumb question. They say "There are no dumb questions." I'm a teacher, so let's put that one aside for later (add a warm smile). Here goes ...
Q) So let's say you are working on a ukulele kit, or any kit for that matter, and you have glued the top on. Everything looks fine, or so you thought.
After 3 days you notice a spot, lets say a 0.5 cm long gap that didn't seal. Okay, I can assume that can be fixed with a creative application of a dash of glue in the right spot, some wood filler, or some other magic fairly luthier's dust that the gurus know about. It is one spot, and small, and I'm sure it can be fixed. The table probably isn't going to come flying off during my breathtaking performance of Stairway to Heaven on my electrified jazz tenor ukulele.
Yet then you discover another place on the opposite side where it too has a 0.5 cm wide opening where the glue didn't find its calling. How to fix these challenges isn't my question.
This is my question to a room full of kit gurus. Individually, what would be your own personal guideline for when it is time to competely remove the top, resand, and reglue, and starting that step all over again?
Diane says I should make a couple of posts for starters. That would be my first question, and I hope I am putting it in the correct place.
Respectfully,
Tim, new kid on the block as of 1/22/2023.
I would like to hear the opinions on this from as many experienced builders who have the time and care to reply. I also hope it isn't a truly dumb question. They say "There are no dumb questions." I'm a teacher, so let's put that one aside for later (add a warm smile). Here goes ...
Q) So let's say you are working on a ukulele kit, or any kit for that matter, and you have glued the top on. Everything looks fine, or so you thought.
After 3 days you notice a spot, lets say a 0.5 cm long gap that didn't seal. Okay, I can assume that can be fixed with a creative application of a dash of glue in the right spot, some wood filler, or some other magic fairly luthier's dust that the gurus know about. It is one spot, and small, and I'm sure it can be fixed. The table probably isn't going to come flying off during my breathtaking performance of Stairway to Heaven on my electrified jazz tenor ukulele.
Yet then you discover another place on the opposite side where it too has a 0.5 cm wide opening where the glue didn't find its calling. How to fix these challenges isn't my question.
This is my question to a room full of kit gurus. Individually, what would be your own personal guideline for when it is time to competely remove the top, resand, and reglue, and starting that step all over again?
Diane says I should make a couple of posts for starters. That would be my first question, and I hope I am putting it in the correct place.
Respectfully,
Tim, new kid on the block as of 1/22/2023.