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Some General Questions

Clamps - What are the best type of clamps for glueing wood together? Ones that are best suited to making blanks for vases, etc...

Glue - What is the best wood glue (for above)? I have used Elmer's Carpenter's Wood Glue (light yellow colour) before. Or is Titebond Better? What is the difference between Titebond I, II, and III?

Screws - What kind of wood screws do you recomment for attaching the faceplate to blanks for bowls, vases, etc...? What size (length)?

That's it for now. LOL!

Thanks.

James

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James D. Farrow
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Thats a bunch of excellent general questions!

Another newbie

Keith

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Keith Young

I can talk tot he screw question -

The best screws are made by a company called SPAX - I use the #12 1 1/4" and find them to be excellent! YOu can get them from Highland HArdware in Atlanta and at some Home Depot stores

Ray

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Ray Sandusky

Clamps - For gluing blanks, use wooden handscrews in the larger sizes.

Glue - For general woodworking and gluing items that will not be exposed to moisture, I prefer original Titebond. Elmers is probably just as good, but I prefer the viscosity of Titebond original. Titebond II & III offer increasing degrees of water resistance.

Barry

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Barry N. Turner

Thanks!

Will go with Titebond II Glue.

Found some of those Wooden Handscrew Clamps. But they only have the 8" ones. Will look for more.

And will look for those SPAX screws.

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James D. Farrow

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