The number one reason I do not use Titebond glue on any parts that
may need to be taken apart in the future is that Titebond glue does
not allow that joint to be taken apart again.

The number two reason is, although Titebond is a semi-permanent glue,
it lets parts slip over time.

I use hot hide glue in a jar that sits in my glue pot most of the time.
Use a hot iron on wooden pieces before you glue them.  Use it every
time you glue wood to wood.  We (including several other restorers)
use a hot iron on some bellows cloth.

I do a lot of veneer work without the aid of clamps.  I do most of
this on warm days, and the best veneer jobs I have done were always
in the heat of the summer with a hot flat-iron (an old clothing iron
on medium heat) and glue in the pot so I can use a paint brush to apply
the glue.  Somewhere in a past MMDigest I have written about veneer
repairs etc.

Don Teach - Shreveport Music Co.
Shreveport, Louisiana

 [ MMDigest articles about veneer are indexed at
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/V/veneer.html  -- Robbie