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   VomSorb | Jan 14, 2005 10:59pm | #1

   Yes, it's a good idea.

   If you're married to Titebond you might as well use the one with the longer open time (TB 3) unless you need it to grab more quickly for some reason.

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   Rich14 | Jan 15, 2005 12:08am | #2

   Steve,

   The quality of the jointed surface is probably more important than wiping with acetone. The surfaces should be freshly jointed for best adhesion.

   I recently had very good experience with Gorilla glue in bonding lignum vitae (which is well-known for its inherently waxy properties) to koa for some wood body hand planes. I jointed the surfaces just before gluing and wiped with acetone for good measure. The bond is excellent.

   Epoxy is probably the best for oily woods. One of the websites I found specialized in gluing of oily tropical hardwoods. I'll look for the link. Their epoxy required NO wiping of the wood with solvent.

   Rich

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   steveN3 | Jan 16, 2005 08:16pm | #3

   thanks for the info. I have used west system epoxy for a job I did using santos mahogany, which is quite hard. I had major joint failure and contacted the manufacture. They suggested that my problem could have been too much clamping pressure  and I ultimately "starved the joint". I suspect this was true because when I mechanicaly split the glue joints (which I shouldn't have been able to do!) the surfaces had almost no dried glue on them.The guys at west system  suggested I make a sandwich of pure epoxy on both surfaces with a thickened mix using collodial silica in the middle and using less clamping pressure. This did the trick.

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   Rich14 | Jan 16, 2005 09:00pm | #4

   Steve,Here is the epoxy site I refered to:http://www.rotdoctor.com/house/Htrop.htmlhttp://rotdoctor.com/And here's an article by Dick Boak of Martin guitars. He recommends PVA glue for rosewoods. Dick is probably as knowlegeable about working and gluing rosewood as anyone on the planet.http://www.forumsamerica.com/site/features/feature.aspx+Forum+Crafts+ArticleCode+355RichEdited 1/16/2005 1:06 pm ET by Rich14Edited 1/16/2005 1:07 pm ET by Rich14

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   Pondfish | Jan 17, 2005 12:41am | #5

   I made a lap desk out of rosewood 20 years ago and used PVA.  It's doing just fine.