I was wondering if the warmer on a drip coffee pot could double for the heating element for a glue pot?That way you could make coffee in the morning, switch out the carafe and then switch in a sauce pan with hide glue in it latter on.
Crazy idea, but sounds convienient.
Frank
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I don't see why not -- I use an electric frypan to melt beeswax, I think it was Splinter who was talking of using a blender to mix paint and a microwave is good for kiln-drying timber.
I wonder if the washing machine would mix concrete?
I wonder if the washing machine would mix concrete?
It would be very tough on the pump with all that grit let alone what it would do to the filter. The dryer is a perfect place to dry lumber or the finish on a small project. All you need is a dryer rack and a non suspecting wife. Believe me when I say I spent a week in the dog house for that one.
Dave in Pa.
Ahh, c'mon Frank...
Surely a pulmonologist can afford a glue pot!
Jeez, I'm a woodworker and I can afford one.
A hundred bucks! Cut loose with the dough and get the real deal.
LeeLee Grindinger
Furniture Carver
Lee,
Touche! I am closing on a new house soon so I am getting tight with a buck. Also, having grown up in humble circumstances I have been programmed to trying to make do with what is about.
Geeze, I thought it was pretty swank to have my own coffee pot in the shop!
Frank
Dear me, the correct response when caught drying timber in the microwave/clothes dryer is as follows:----but Honey, it's for a special project I am making for your birthday/our anniversary/Christmas and I was hoping to keep it a surprise and now you've spoilt it!
Edited 8/5/2002 1:32:58 PM ET by IANDG
The washing machine is for cleaning root vegetables and the dryer is for making banana chips.
Or i could be on the wrong forum...
In 1990 we had a big snowstorm here in the Seattle area, and on our little Island many of us were without power for 5 days or more. I sat and stared glumly at my freezer full of food, thought of putting the food outside, where it was 19degrees (inside, I had oil heat). Then thought of the racoons, didn't really feel like feeding them.
Ah! The dryer was outside on the utility porch. All the food went into plastic bags, and then was locked safely into the dryer where the 'coons couldn't get it! Worked great. No bananas though! forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
frank, it probably wouldn't work because you can't control the temperature, and i don't think that you'd end up with glue heated to 140. i use a deepfryer and it works quite well. the temperature was adjustable so as soon as i found the right temp i just made a mark there so i can reset it easily. i picked mine up at a garage sale for 5 bucks, and it works just as well as a $100 glue pot. hope this helps
PS, i've heard crock pots and baby bottle warmers also make good glue pots
Yep, crock pot (or slow cooker) might be the way to go. I have one (West Bend SloCooker) that has a rectangular base, with thermostat controlled heat, and the big pot on top is a separate piece. With that style, you could use the base and put whatever pot you needed to on top. I've had it for a coon's age -- you could probably pick one up at a thrift store for 3 or 4 bucks.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
It worked for me! I bought a $5 coffee pot at the local thrift store, suspended a glass jar in the carafe, and it worked great. If I ever get into using hide I might invest in a glue pot but until then...
I take mine black!
lomax
All,
I'm slow to put in my 2 cents, but my vote goes to the crock pot. I bought mine, a small one, on sale for $7. It holds the temp. right at 140 degrees, which is about right for hide glue. What I do is to mix the hide glue in a clean tin can and put it in the crock pot, which has a little water in the bottom of it. I use a rag to hold the tin can and move it to where I'm doing the gluing. When I'm finished I just put the can back in the crock pot and unplug it. With the lid in place, the hide glue doesn't dry out or go bad. I've used the same can of glue for a week or more without it drying out or going bad.
Brandon
Geez!!!!
I'm totally disappointed by the direction this thread has taken -- I was hoping that there might be actual recipes for palatable hide glue.
It's not all that unconceiveable -- as it turns out (so the rumor goes) the gilders at the Hermitage in Leningrad (nee St. Petersburg) survived the German seige during WWII by more or less subsisting on hide glue. Thinned down, I suppose it would make a soup with considerable protein nurishment.
Therein I would probably opt for inclusion of some root vegetables rather than cream and sugar. But then again casein glue is a skim milk derivative.
Is ducolax (sp ??) a prerequistite before sampling??????
Crazy idea, but sounds convienient.
In the realm of crazy ideas, you could try a coffee cup immersion heater tossed over the side of the gluepot. I've seen them with cigarette lighter plug-in's, so you could be pre-heating your glue pot while you drive to the bakery for your Danish to go with your morning coffee. Now there's some 12 v. convenience for you!
I am known as a person, who is very tight with a buck, but a dedicated hide glue pot is sound investment. I use my pot nearly every day, (I use hide glue for 99.9% of my work), but I mostly use small batches of glue. To avoid having to clean the pot out, I mix the glue in small tin cans and place only water in the glue pots cup. This also lets me place the can in the refrigerator to extend the glues life, by a day or so.
As for a recipe, I place as much glue as I think I need into a can, pour water on until the flakes are saturated, and let that sit for an hour or so. Then I heat it up and add water until it is just a little on the thick side, and bring it to the proper consistency by adding white vinegar. I read somewhere about adding vinegar to the glue to help its tack and strength, and I feel it does help.
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