Chris - the thing I like about your channel is that the tips you offer are ones that I end up using most often because they are so simple and practical! Thanks for generously sharing this knowledge with us!
I remembered this video from a year or so ago and searched it out when it came time for me to purchase CA products. Evergreen content, Chris, and it's always useful!
I love the corner bracket idea. I've had the same issue in my shop and just ignored until now. Because I had no idea how to fix it. Keep up the great work.
Not sure if anyone has said it here or not, but, you likely used Medium or thick CA Glue and formed an airtight seal around the edges... Bet this would work to pre-treat the edges of MDF to seal them before gluing, or, for Sealing the end grain of wood for any reason, like slowing the drying to stop or slow cracking/checking of the wood.. Although, a thick paint or thinned tar etc would be much cheaper for that particular reason...
Many thanks for always thinking of possibilities. The ideas might not be used today or tomorrow, but they should be stored in our memory for future use. I hope all is well with you and yours.
Thanks for sharing and your editing time for us. I just ordered my supply of Starbond and I know it will come in handy on the menacing cracks that show up just when you're ready to apply your finish! Peace be with you!
Thanks to your videos I just bought CA glue. Got the 3 pack deal and used thin building a plexiglas 3 drawer holder that fits perfectly in one of our Ketchum cabinet shelves to hold vitamins, cold medicine, and various other pills. Thin worked great because it wicked nicely along the seams then hit it with the accelerator. Love your idea in the little brackets…..I’ll be using that idea! Tha ks Chris!!
Excellent tips, Chris! Thanks a bunch! 😃 But yeah, turners use CA as a finish a lot! Even for bigger pieces! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I always turned my nose up to the idea of using AC glue until I just gave it a try. I am pissed I didn’t try it sooner. I have now used a few brands and star bond is far better than most.
Be wary on CA glue is epoxy molds. I had a nasty reaction a couple years back where the two adhesives had an exothermic reaction and gave off some nasty fumes.
Excellent video Chris. I met you in Skiatook and subscribed then and been a fan ever since. I was helping at the concession stand i also had my dog and had my camper setup out there. I wish we could do another meet up like that.
Good tips Chris, I've used a few of them myself ( probably learned them from you in a previous video! ). Starbond is great stuff. I haven't made very many pens lately and previous attempts to use CA finish have been hit or miss using another brand of CA. May have to give the Starbond a try! Thanks brother. :)
Great tips. Never thought of using CA glue as a sealer. On an entirely unrelated note - I went into Chipotle a few days ago, and while I was waiting to order, there was a kid standing on a nearby table waiting for the adult she was with to get their food. She was bouncing up and down excitedly (who isn't excited to eat at Chipotle?) and running the length of the bench, back and forth, and I thought, "Man, that kid looks familiar. Do I know her?" And just as I got to the head of the line it hit me - She looks exactly like Chris's daughter from A Glimpse Inside! Only a couple of years younger (this kid was maybe 3 or 4), and with dark brown hair. You don't have any relatives in Maryland, do you Chris? :D
No I don’t have anyone related to meet up there nor do I know if any family members that have a daughter that age. That’s pretty funny though. Thank you so much brother appreciate you being a part of the channel
@@AGlimpseInside Thanks for the discount for starbond, just bought some. Also, appreciate all you do and thanks for sharing and bringing us into your shop! Love my hangars and 90 degree brackets. Keep up the good dad work too!
Sanding those glues can be very dangerous. had a friend who was a cue maker and they were experimenting with CA glue as a finish. One employe had to be taken to the hospital. They scrapped the whole idea.
@@AGlimpseInside or freezer, either way. It won’t freeze until like -100C and the whole point is humidity is what makes it bond (the activator is basically water chilled by aerosolized butane). So keeping it out of humidity, like, say, in a freezer, will preserve it until we’re all long forgotten. (Edit: that’s why all that superglue in your junk drawer is rock solid garbage after 2 weeks)
I have a glass bottle full of acetone that I put the tips in overnight and that completely clears it up and alleviates any clogging. I should’ve put this in the video
