Guitars, Ukuleles and Old Brown Glue
A man's wealth is measured by the size of his wood pile. Old New Mexican proverb I ordered some Old Brown Glue a while back and I can't say enough good things about it! Case in point, the tenor ukulele neck heel block that you see to the left of the glue bottle I glued together this afternoon. All I did was apply glue to individual blocks, rubbed the joint together about a minute and then I clamped them together. The blocks stayed aligned and I didn't have to use extra clamps and clamping jigs that you see used in some books on guitar making. I have used fish glue, purchased from Lee Valley, in the past with wonderful results, this Old Brown Glue dries as hard as the fish glue, which is a real plus when gluing on bracing. I probably won't use it to glue on bindings or for rosettes, but I will for everything else. Works in progress-- (When I should really be refinishing 4 guitars that I made a couple of years ago!) Guitar top on the left: Sitka spruce, laure