I glued up stock to make two half columns. Having no newspaper I used a piece of paper towel. I turned a rather nice little tuscan column for a desk gallery. I tried to seperate the two halves with a chisel , but it just started to split the wood and not the glue line.
What do I do? I don’t think I could do it on the bandsaw without loosing a finger. I used Titebond 2.The wood is walnut Can I steam it apart?
Frank
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Your paper towel just desolved in the glue, just like it would if you got it wet.
If you dont think that you can hold it and run it through the band saw(not sure how big or small it is)build some sort of jig that will hold it stable enough to run through the saw, be careful to not put the mechanical fastener where the blad will hit it.
Doug
Doug,
Thanks for your note. I grabbed it in a quick clamp and ran it thru the bandsaw. It came out OK. A lesson learned - next time use hide glue. I'd tried to steam it apart and the titebond just laughed at me.
Frank
Frank: For turning half columns,to be split apart,I have used newspaper with titebond glue.The newnpaper,being soft,usually splits leaving paper on each side of the split column. FWIW ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬PAT¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
Frank, I use brown wraping paper, called kraft paper (grocery store bags are made out of it). I got the wraping paper at an office supply store. They had it in 2 thicknesses, & I got the thicker. I use white glue. The thickness helps because, as Pat says, it splits down the center with half the paper on each side. Also, if you don't use too much glue, the glue does not penetrate to the center, and you don't have to fight the glue when you slit it apart. For small projects use grocery store bags.
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