> Just curious if anyone uses epoxy to glue in a new soundboard? > Other than the difficulty of removing the board in the next 25 to 50 > years, are there any other problems associated with this? Please don't. Someday someone will hunt you down, dig you up, and hammer your bones to dust for it. Just hope you're long dead when that happens. > My main motivation for epoxy is that I will be alone for glue up and > prboably am not fast enough for carpenters glue. > I do have a bottle of new glue that I have never used from Garrett Wate > called Slo-Set Glue - an aliphatic resin - gives about 30 min work time. > Comments welcome. > Gene Nelson If it's a yellow aliphatic resin like Titebond, it should work fine. Titebond also makes a slow set glue, incidentally. I've found that I don't have trouble gluing boards in by myself with regular old original Titebond, and I'm definitely in the old and slow category. I make sure I have everything I need around the piano, and start slopping on glue. Over twice, to make sure everything's wet, soundboard in, clamp cauls down, clamp treble front, bass tail, bass front, treble tail, middle of the belly rail, and fill in between.The first five clamps put the board down in the glue all around, so you have time to get the rest of the clamps on without a problem. If I have any doubt, my wife can run F-clamps just fine, and doesn't mind helping if necessary. Ron N
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