Thank you for another great video! I ended up buying an electric hot plate (roughly $15) and I'm using a stainless steel asparagus pot (which I had) because it comes with a stainless steel cage that keeps the glass jars off of the direct heat. I put 2 jars and a dial thermometer in there. One jar has the glue mixture and the other just has water. Sometimes it's nice to dip your brush in some heated water and dissolve some of the glue that has built up on it. I also find that I often like to use a cheap wooden coffee stirrer stick rather than a brush because it doesn't get gummed up and you can drop a controlled drop of glue, and you can also spread it with the stick. I just put the stirrer stick into the water jar between uses, and I keep the cover on the pot. I just finished reconditioning the action on my upright and I bought everything from Howard!
Brilliant videos, thank you so much for sharing your insight and knowledge. Just wish I had some of the special tools you use, which make the jobs much more reasonable. Question 1: I've seen you remove shanks from hammers and butts by wetting first to soften. Could heat be used , via hot air gun or small propane torch, to accomplish the same? Question 2: If making a minor repair, and not wanting to get into the whole hide glue process, what glue to you recommend? The Bond Tite wood glue that I have used on flooring is too tenacious, the wood fibers tear before the glue lets go. I would imagine your tensile or compressive removal tools would not be effective, the parts would be destroyed first. Would a less aggressive Elmers wood glue be the ticket?
The thing that makes hide glue better than other wood glues is that if the repair needs to be redone the repair can be redone because hide glue is water based. If you can’t use hot hide glue, the next best option is the cold version of hide glue.
I don't know were to buy this kind of glue... It's ok if i use normal wood glue just to glue a hammer head who came off? The piano of my church never receives maintenance and there's no piano technician around so...
You could do that, but the disadvantage is that if you were to want to remove the hammer in the future for replacement, it would make it more difficult to remove the hammer from the shank.
@@howardpianoind I will take the risk. The piano never gets maintenance anyway... Thank you for all your videos Mr Howard, i been learned alot from you. God bless you. (:
I was starting to think i should just use PVC-e glue for replacing my felts, because I didn't want to have to buy a special warmer for the hide glue, but I realized I have a wax warmer for heating hard wax to use for waxing hair from legs- you can even specify the exact temperature by number- would there be any reason it wouldn't work? It only holds small amounts, but it looks like hide glue works best in small amounts?
I haven't ever tried that , but it may work. Though for gluing felts, PVC-E glue is certainly more convenient than having to use hot hide glue and should work just fine.
Excellent info for repair to my fiddle! Thanks
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Thank you for another great video! I ended up buying an electric hot plate (roughly $15) and I'm using a stainless steel asparagus pot (which I had) because it comes with a stainless steel cage that keeps the glass jars off of the direct heat. I put 2 jars and a dial thermometer in there. One jar has the glue mixture and the other just has water. Sometimes it's nice to dip your brush in some heated water and dissolve some of the glue that has built up on it. I also find that I often like to use a cheap wooden coffee stirrer stick rather than a brush because it doesn't get gummed up and you can drop a controlled drop of glue, and you can also spread it with the stick. I just put the stirrer stick into the water jar between uses, and I keep the cover on the pot. I just finished reconditioning the action on my upright and I bought everything from Howard!
1:49 most crock pots only go to a low of 200 degrees. I assume you put a temperature gauge in the water after it's been running till fully heated.
Brilliant videos, thank you so much for sharing your insight and knowledge. Just wish I had some of the special tools you use, which make the jobs much more reasonable. Question 1: I've seen you remove shanks from hammers and butts by wetting first to soften. Could heat be used , via hot air gun or small propane torch, to accomplish the same? Question 2: If making a minor repair, and not wanting to get into the whole hide glue process, what glue to you recommend? The Bond Tite wood glue that I have used on flooring is too tenacious, the wood fibers tear before the glue lets go. I would imagine your tensile or compressive removal tools would not be effective, the parts would be destroyed first. Would a less aggressive Elmers wood glue be the ticket?
The thing that makes hide glue better than other wood glues is that if the repair needs to be redone the repair can be redone because hide glue is water based. If you can’t use hot hide glue, the next best option is the cold version of hide glue.
I don't know were to buy this kind of glue... It's ok if i use normal wood glue just to glue a hammer head who came off?
The piano of my church never receives maintenance and there's no piano technician around so...
You could do that, but the disadvantage is that if you were to want to remove the hammer in the future for replacement, it would make it more difficult to remove the hammer from the shank.
@@howardpianoind I will take the risk. The piano never gets maintenance anyway... Thank you for all your videos Mr Howard, i been learned alot from you.
God bless you. (:
I was starting to think i should just use PVC-e glue for replacing my felts, because I didn't want to have to buy a special warmer for the hide glue, but I realized I have a wax warmer for heating hard wax to use for waxing hair from legs- you can even specify the exact temperature by number- would there be any reason it wouldn't work? It only holds small amounts, but it looks like hide glue works best in small amounts?
I haven't ever tried that , but it may work. Though for gluing felts, PVC-E glue is certainly more convenient than having to use hot hide glue and should work just fine.
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