glued wood joint

topura01 · Post by **topura01** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:22 am

The best method to break a glued wood joint in furniture, the wood is mangrove

wood4fun · Post by **wood4fun** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:01 pm

is the glue joint lose?

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:54 pm

topura, a man of few words and manners!

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:17 pm

I find stamping on stuff is a good way of breaking it

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:07 pm

I was told steam did the trick sometimes. It depends on what sort of glue though.

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:19 pm

i agree with tims method. it depends on whether you want to keep the pieces or not

topura01 · Post by **topura01** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:50 am

wood4fun wrote:is the glue joint lose?

Thank you, the wood joint is not loose and I need to be able re-use once the joint is seperated

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:14 pm

Most properly glued joints are stronger than the wood and virtually impossible to part. The best method is usually to cut it.

wood4fun · Post by **wood4fun** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:56 pm

Marc wrote:Most properly glued joints are stronger than the wood and virtually impossible to part. The best method is usually to cut it.

this is properly the only way you can do it. and if if you let us know what it is we can maybe suggest a new joint for you to make. picture

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:32 pm

why do you want to break it

wood4fun · Post by **wood4fun** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:35 pm

properly to big to fit into the room

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:16 am

heeelllooo topura01

the joints may be formed off mortice and tennons 'dowels or buiscuts

if its formed with mortice and tennons there could be nails screws or dowels as well as the glue holding the joint tight
they can be obvious or on the blind side
and on spray finnish furniture may be completly invisible

the joint could even just be butted up with screws and metal plates and dry locating dowels

i take it youve had a good look!!!

chippysmith · Post by **chippysmith** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:37 am

Mangrove adhesive is made using tannin from bark.. it isn't a good glue due to the size of the molecules, they cannot move freely about their backbone

So inherently the glue becomes brittle. also not good in wet areas. so thats two lines of attack for you to persue

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:51 am

chippysmith wrote:Mangrove adhesive is made using tannin from bark.. it isn't a good glue due to the size of the molecules, they cannot move freely about their backbone

So inherently the glue becomes brittle. also not good in wet areas. so thats two lines of attack for you to persue

I think that means 'hit it' in English.