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No one glue works for everything. However titebond works for a lot of things and is always in stock in my shop. Mostly II and III and that again is a matter of what I'm expecting it to do.

I have chart from somewhere which I can't find at the moment but they are handy and give you some of the facts you will need to know. I'm sure that a simple search on google will/does bring up many many such charts.

Here is an example:

http://www.woodmagazine.com/wood/file.j ... lue_chart2

Ed

Titebond II, Titebond molding glue, Rockler's CA glue medium and thin, Loctite epoxy, and Elmer's Glue-all.

Shopsmith's Newer Speed Chart has a section on adhesive properties.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... _chart.htm

Mike

Funbilly, if you are referring to the foaming type of Gorilla I have a couple times, works nice in a sloppy M and T joint or any place you have a slight gap, but the foaming action over 12 hours is a pain to clean up.

I have a friend that makes a lot of segmented bowls. He used the brown Titebond to glue a section of a bowl that was made from maple. The dark lines made the rings look like they had look of a course of bricks. Very cool effect.
Bill V

Depends on what I'm doing. For regular flatwork I just use PVA glue Elmer's or Tightbond. For pens, I use a CA with rubber in it for a more flexible bond. Have used epoxy in the past but the results are so-so.

I have used gorilla glue and they are not kidding, the stuff will stick to anything! The downside is it foams up / expands and can cause some troubles. So most my gorilla work is emergency, quick fix stuff. It's kind of like the duct tape of glues for me!

When I was building boats I used almost exclusively Cold Cure epoxy, the best in my mind, from Industrial Formulators of Canada. They have been absorbed by System Three now but Cold Cure is still in the product line.

Now that I most of my work is furniture and marquetry, I use (again almost exclusively) Milligan and Higgins granulated hot hide glue. Since I became aware of animal glues and their advantages I have very seldom used pva of any kind.

I realize that many woodworkers today have misconceptions about animal protien glues and don't understand why those of us who use them swear by them so I did a little blog series a while ago on Lumberjocks. You can check it out here if you like.

http://lumberjocks.com/shipwright/blog/series/5437