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

is the glue joint lose?

topura, a man of few words and manners!

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

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

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

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

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

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

why do you want to break it

properly to big to fit into the room

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!!!

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

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.