DIY Climbing Volumes: Which Glue is Best?

In this first Sorta Science Segment from Gravity Nerds, we'll look at a question every DIY volume builder has probably contemplated: which glue is best? It should be noted that most Climbing Volume joinery is UNclamped, which puts us in murky waters! How do different glues perform in an unclamped setting? Only one way to find out.
Gravity Nerds seeks to bring some new understanding to the DIY Climbing Volume community. Join us as we nerd out with some data.
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[@henrymunnich1648]

I was concerned about my joints falling apart until I saw my local gym filling, nailing, and sanding poor-fitting joints like crazy. Cool idea to do volume kits.

[@gravitynerds]

Hah, I bet it's more common than we'd all like to think! Luckily, shall we say, "suboptimal" joints still seem to be strong enough in this application. If not, I'd imagine we'd read about a lot more catastrophic volume failures in Accidents in North American Mountaineering... Thanks for the feedback!

[@henrymunnich1648]

@@gravitynerds My thoughts exactly... I am an engineer, maybe I should run some actual numbers before I start selling

[@seankelley1878]

Great video! I'm super surprised and grateful that I was recommended a video from this small of a channel-- gives me some more faith in the RUclips algorithms! As far as the experiment goes, I definitely would have expected the expanding glue to perform better as I would think that the expansion would serve to increase the penetration of the glue into the fibers, but perhaps in this case it only served to push itself away from the wood. And as far as clamping angled joints goes, I have seen it done fairly simply like this: ruclips.net/video/v0hZIobzRmI/видео.html, but making a jig (ruclips.net/video/EC2aJFyXyYg/видео.html -- one neat idea) may also be an option in some cases (and may be quicker and more reliable once built)-- just some things to try, possibly. Anyway, you've earned a subscriber and I look forward to seeing more from you!

[@gravitynerds]

Those clamping jigs look really cool! I'll have to noodle around with those one day. But maybe that begs another question - how much strength does clamping add in this kind of joinery? Sounds like an idea for another Sorta Science Segment!