On 18/11/2018 22:15, Nick Odell wrote:

I'm interested in your remarks about traditional glue. I've been using
hot hide glue for decades now and - probably because I still have a
mountain of pearls in stock and haven't needed to buy any for ages - I
hadn't noticed that it's plant-based now.


Pearls! Wow that takes me back. My grandfather who died in the 1950's
had some in his workshop. My father was less of a carpenter, but I
remember him using it a few times in the 1960s. I can still recall the
smell!

I still have a large wooden plane that my grandfather was supposed to
have made, but I havn't used it for 30 years.