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   Jed_C. | Mar 20, 2001 08:57pm | #1

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   If your joints are good and the bottled glue is fresh (should show an expiration date on the bottle), those joints will last longer than you will.

   Heating and using your own hide glue from bead form is not terribly difficult, but it does require practice. Not a good idea to spend your learning time trying to glue up a set of chairs--that's a recipe for frustration at best and failure at worst. Who needs either?

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   Kevin_Getchell | Mar 27, 2001 06:42pm | #2

   *Hey Keith,I made a very Mortise and Tenon rich project a couple years ago. Approx 65 M&T's just for each side, not counting the back assembly!It really did not take too long doing the glue up. Believe me, I was nervous about the open time but it moves along quickly. I had had alot of practice dry fitting because there were so many M&T's, so that may have helped.I did pin each major joint (not all the spindles). I used plain old TiteBond II. I have not experienced any glue failure at all using the stuff.