I just learned a cool tip!!

[myxpykalix]

How many of you go to glue boards together and find that they slip and slide when trying to clamp them?

Here's the tip: take a pinch of salt and spread it over the glued area before clamping and that will give you the gripping power to keep it from slipping. The salt will dissolve due to the water in the glue. :eek:

And who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?:D

[knight_toolworks]

that's a good idea. I had that problem really bad with gorilla glue though salt would not have worked.. Now when I glue up mdf a couple brads take care of it (G)

[genek]

That is a old timers fix... It does work with any glue... The little bit of salt will not hurt the work... You can also us silicone sand if it is in a powder from... Just hard on tools.

[myxpykalix]

"That is a old timers fix...

So Eugene, are you calling me an "Oldtimer"?:D lol
i've been called worse. I actually had never known that tip and learned it on youtube. That was why i included the quote on the bottom...

wait.. does that mean I called myself an "Old Dog" since i learned a new trick?:rolleyes:

[genek]

Jack you are not an old timer nor an old dog lol.... no this is a trick they used many years ago. My grandfather showed me that trick.. he did not use bar clamps like we use today.. he had a set of rope clamps.. that you drove wedges in to tighten them...
I have seen him hand plane from the rough to a finished surface.
now some say i am an old salty dog. lol

[phil_o]

In my experience if your wood is slipping and sliding you have likely applied too much glue. When you clamp up you should only see a small bit of glue squeeze out. More than that is wasted, messy and makes the wood slide around with clamp pressure.

Phil

[twelchPTM]

I actually prefer a little slide, i will slide the piece back and forth and side to side to spread the glue until it starts to "suction" together then line it up and clamp

[myxpykalix]

I guess i butter my wood like i butter my bread...I just slop it on till i cover it all, I guess it's better to have too much then not enough:D

[knight_toolworks]

another way is to hit the edge with a brad nailer cut off the brad and that gives you a pin to lock the parts in place. but that's not for cutting through.

[cabindoors]

How many times have you grabbed your orbital sander and found that the hook and loop disks don't stick because the hooks are worn down to near nothing and it will cost almost $40 for a new pad?

Don't buy a new pad. Just continue using it but spray a cheap "rattle-can" self adhesive on the sanding disks and not the pad. This will save tons of money and by spraying only the disks they can be easily removed.

Tom

PS. Sanding the edge of boards will almost always ruin the "hooks" on your sanding pad so avoid that if possible. We can't avoid this so we had to come up with the above solution and it works great for us.