How-To
Bob Van Dyke Shop Tip: Glue Squeeze Out
A proven and simple technique for keeping glue from marring your project
The director of the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking has devised a nearly foolproof way to prevent glue squeeze out. In this exclusive video, he demonstrates his technique on a typical mortise-and-tenon joint. For one, he uses a fairly small amount of glue, carefully brushing it onto the cheeks of the mortise and tenon. Then, as the video shows, he pauses briefly during the glue-up process to eliminate the excess.
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Excellent!
Brilliant tip!! Makes me want to go make some mortise and tenons just for the fun of it.
Such a simple and smart tip. Amazing I hadn’t heard it before. I am certainly using this technique in the future. Thanks.
Great tip - it's so simple but I never thought about it however, I will use this tip from now on. Thanks!
One of the better tips that I have seen in a while!
Also noticed his method of marking the pieces for correct assembly at about 1:54 -- just connect the dots.
Great tip. Have only one thing to improve it. Where Bob Van Dyke uses a chisel to remove any glue that does squeeze out, I use a draw scraper which is more accurate. I use a simple ‘Richard’ one inch which is easy to sharpen to a flat scraper edge and also the blade is two sided so you can always have a sharp edge.
I like this and will use it.
I have one question, couldn't you just put glue on the 1st half of the tenon?
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