Stephen, If I might ask for even more elaboration - what do you size with (hide glue?) and how? By the way, thanks for sharing your historical perspective, it is fascinating, as is the ongoing debate between you and Del... >Sizing prepares the wood and makes it behave. Unsized wood will suck out >the water from the glue almost as soon as you put it on, thus requiring >pre-heating as a last-ditch effort to make things last long enough to get >the clamps on. Thin glue can only be used on sized surfaces. Evidence for >sizing is clear on almost any old artifact, piano, organ, furniture etc. >Sizing was often done en masse. The old organ builders sized more wood >than a railway trestle bridge needs. > >Stephen John McKone, RPT St. louis Park, Minnesota (612) 280-8375 mckonejw@skypoint.com
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