On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:08:08 -0700 (PDT), Michael
wrote:

On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 7:15:48 PM UTC-5, John Grossbohlin wrote:
"Michael" wrote in message

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I made some test finger joints out of cedar and glued them last night. I

hand-planed the joint today to see how it looked and it failed! The temps

went to 45 last night. The glue is relatively new. I didn't clamp it but

you had to wriggle in the piece because the joint was fairly tight. I've

rarely worked with cedar. Is it resistant to yellow wood glue?



I've not had problems gluing eastern red cedar (juniper)... I cut the trees

down, sawed them, dried the boards for 1-8 years before use, and glued them

with yellow glue.



A question/thought.



Was the dry joint tight enough that it could have essentially wiped the glue

off as the pieces were pressed together during assembly?



I'm thinking that if the dry fit was tight and the wood very dry that

perhaps you needed to apply glue to all glue surfaces of both boards so that

glue was in fact in the joint when it was pressed together. By coating all

surfaces of both boards the glue would have time to soak in to both boards a

bit prior to assembly and not leave you with a glue starved joint.



John

Hi John,

That's a great point. I'm going to try acetone, warmer temps, and more and better spread glue. Appreciate the input from everyone.

Mike

I bought a flat bed load of western (mill pond) cedar back in the late
70's and I still have some. I've used both epoxy and titebond and
never had problems. It was all rough lumber so was always jointed and
planed prior to gluing. Never used acetone and always had good luck
cedar will definitely break before the glue joint. More then likely
the low temperature is at fault.

Mike M