Broken/cracked Headstock repair

Just a small comment: there is an alternative to hot hide glue: fish glue. Basically very similar to hide glue, but fluid at room temperature and can be used immediately. Final stability very close to that of hide glue - in any case it depends a bit on the animals which are used (the hardest and most rare variant of these glues - Hausenblasenleim - is a also a fish glue). In such a repair i would add a tiny amount of water.

I have currently done resp. am doing some quite extensive repairs where i am using fish glue, and i am happy with it. Really efficient to work with, with one exception: hide glue will dry better if mixed with wood dust. No idea why. And the shapes need to fit a bit closer. But that is manageable even for me.

And no, it does not stink.
 
bea said:
Just a small comment: there is an alternative to hot hide glue: fish glue. Basically very similar to hide glue, but fluid at room temperature and can be used immediately. Final stability very close to that of hide glue - in any case it depends a bit on the animals which are used (the hardest and most rare variant of these glues - Hausenblasenleim - is a also a fish glue). In such a repair i would add a tiny amount of water.

I have currently done resp. am doing some quite extensive repairs where i am using fish glue, and i am happy with it. Really efficient to work with, with one exception: hide glue will dry better if mixed with wood dust. No idea why. And the shapes need to fit a bit closer. But that is manageable even for me.

And no, it does not stink.
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Nice post. The hide glue worked fine and I didn't have any issue with the odor, although I kept it capped virtually all the time.
 
The odor is not the problem: i think many people may find the short open time difficult to use. And larger surfaces need to be heated. That's why i am usually preferring fish glue over hide glue. I have both, and fish glue is for lazy people like me... :-)
 
bea said:
The odor is not the problem: i think many people may find the short open time difficult to use. And larger surfaces need to be heated. That's why i am usually preferring fish glue over hide glue. I have both, and fish glue is for lazy people like me... :-)
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Yeah, warming the parts to be joined is very important with hide glue.
 
I love using Hide Glue.............if done properly the joint is very strong !
Another thing about hide glue. As it drys and shrinks it pulls the joint tighter together.
 
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