I also have another question about gluing the scarf cut illustrated in this drawing. When I use Titebond III, the brand of glue I have at the moment, the two parts of the join slide against one another when I apply clamping pressure and, although I continuously realign the pieces, there's always enough movement that the joint is ruined. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
I built a dulcimer about 20 years ago and had the same problem-drove me mad. I haven't use hide glues since my one brief introduction to them in high school wood shop in the 1960's. I don't remember having any problems of this kind, just solid, clean joints which were almost invisible. Would hide glues solve my problem?
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Couldn't see from your posting where the "drawing" was located. If you have a look at this discussion (here) you will find info on scarf jointed heads and angles used as well as comments on stopping slipping when gluing. One method is to use tiny nails or pins driven into one piece of timber. Snip the head off so a mm or so remains and when you glue together this will bight into the second piece of timber and prevent the joint from slipping. Regards John D