The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-03-07
HOW 70 GLUE.
Home BReRts Made EHective-Least
Glue, Best Joints.

Glue, Best Joints.
Within the province of the household
glue will be found valuable auxiliary.
The best regulated family must some
times confess to the possession Of
piece of furniture requiring its useful
offices. The armless chair, the legless
table, the broken, Inundated remnants
of once useful and pretentious house
hold furnishings, are familiar objects
In many O. home, yet these may come
within the pale of possible redemption
and renew the promise of continued
usefulness.
During the past few years there have
been written many dissertations con-
demnatory Of the use Of glue in the
construction Of furniture, inspired
mainly by those who, while well inten-
toned, have been satisfied to gain their
knowledge on the subject secondhand,
or at best from theoretical rather than
practical sources.
Glue in its place and with proper
usage has its value. 1t is not the use,
but rather the abuse, Of it that is
to be condemned. The joint that is
strong enough in itself without the glue
can surely lose nothing in stability by
| its addition.
So to glue two pieces Of wood togeth-
err that they adhere and become as one
will at first thought seem an act SO
simple as to render any suggestion as
to the proper method of procedure I'M
necessary, and yet, simple as it seems
and in reality Is, the number Of persons
at all conversant with it's proper ac-
complishment are indeed very limited.
1t has been remarked that, where
home efforts have been made at rejoin-
ing, in very many cases they seem to
have been conducted on the theory that
joint would be, but the reverse would
be nearer the truth. The less used the
better, providing all the parts Of the
surfaces to be Joined are covered. Be
fore applying the glue heat the pieces
you desire to join; then, when glued
bring and hold together in position
with a handscrew, or, in the absence OF
this useful article, bind up with cord
or rope until the joint Is thoroughly
hardened, when the restraint may be
removed and all superfiuous glue scrap
ed of. In addition to this, where pos
sible, 1t would be well to further make
the work secure by the addition Of 6
nail, being careful not to split the WOOD
in the operation. Every description o.
gluing should be done in the same man
ner. The wood should previously b.
warmed, not too much, however, be
cause II scorched the life Of the glu'
will be destroyed or at least the powe
Of adhesion be impaired.
But when all is said there Is some
, thing Of greater Importance as fac
tor of success than any mechanical
and condition Of the glue. In all wei
regulated furniture establishments tn
utmost care Is exercised in keeping /
sweet and clean. When old and de
cayed, glue becomes absolutely worth
less for purposes of adhesion. 1t ca
therefore readily be seen that to insur
satisfactory results such precaution
: as we have pointed out are alike bind
ing on amateur and professional.
Let it be constantly borne in min
also that as much of the glue as poss
BILE should be pressed out Of the joint
5 otherwise it will not hold for any lengt
3 Of time. For the reason that the Japs
e nese do not take this fact into consii
D Grafton it will be found that their WOOD
work crumbles to pieces when submit
ted to the test of our climate.