Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

NoSpam wrote:

I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest
a cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70
degC ?

Maybe a slow cooker ..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1-5-Ltr-Mini-Slow-Cooker/dp/B000RRWLC6/ref=sr_1_17?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1323116953&sr=1-17

Dunno if the wrap will wrap or not .. ;)

--
Paul - xxx
"You know, all I wanna do is race .. and all I wanna do is win"
Mark Cavendish, World Champion 2011.

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:44:58 -0000, NoSpam wrote:

I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?

Our new induction hob (as mentioned on the other current thread) has a
keep-warm feature that does approximately this - have not checked the
actual temperature. I wonder if the cheap Lidl one does this as well?

--
Rod

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On 05/12/2011 20:30, Paul - xxx wrote:
NoSpam wrote:

I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest
a cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70
degC ?

Maybe a slow cooker ..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1-5-Ltr-Mini-Slow-Cooker/dp/B000RRWLC6/ref=sr_1_17?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1323116953&sr=1-17

Dunno if the wrap will wrap or not .. ;)


Many thanks, that looks like a great idea so I've just ordered one ...
I'll report back

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?

Is this idea of any use to you?

http://www.jarviser.co.uk/jarviser/tools3.html

Been years since I used that stuff (over 40 if I remember correctly)

Cash

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On 05/12/2011 19:44, NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?


If you only want of heat small amounts of glue, a baby food warmer from
Mothercare does a great job. Mine is a Philips Avent - about £20.

I've done hammer veneering just using a bog standard hotplate and a
couple of tins, one inside the other - works fine at minimal cost. An
old soup tin in an old saucepan on a hotplate also works fine.

Lots of single hotplates on Amazon for around £15.

Hope this helps

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On 05/12/2011 21:24, Cash wrote:
NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?

Is this idea of any use to you?

http://www.jarviser.co.uk/jarviser/tools3.html

Been years since I used that stuff (over 40 if I remember correctly)

Cash


That's novel, but I've just ordered a cheap mini slow cooker to see if
it will do the job ... it saves having a separate water pot

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On 05/12/2011 22:31, Norman Billingham wrote:
On 05/12/2011 19:44, NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?


If you only want of heat small amounts of glue, a baby food warmer from
Mothercare does a great job. Mine is a Philips Avent - about £20.

I've done hammer veneering just using a bog standard hotplate and a
couple of tins, one inside the other - works fine at minimal cost. An
old soup tin in an old saucepan on a hotplate also works fine.

Lots of single hotplates on Amazon for around £15.

Hope this helps

Thanks. I've followed-up on somebody else's suggestion of a mini slow
cooker - hopefully that will give me a controlled tob of hot water to
suspend a glass jar in for the glue. I'll report back

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?
bin the HIDE glue and get a hot glue gun instead.

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:53:05 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?
bin the HIDE glue and get a hot glue gun instead.

Nice joke TNP. You wouldn't believe the number of times I've had to
pick a violin apart to clean it up and put it together again because
someone has thoughtfully done just that.

Incidentally, I use my electric bending iron set at a low temperature
and an old tobbacco tin for the glue when I want to heat up a small
quantity of hide glue. No water jacket required. I realise that's not
a lot of help to the OP since he probably doesn't have an electric
bending iron in the cupboard under the sink.

Nick

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On Dec 5, 7:44*pm, NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?

Tealight candle.

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On Dec 5, 9:23*pm, NoSpam wrote:
On 05/12/2011 20:30, Paul - xxx wrote:

NoSpam wrote:

I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest
a cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70
degC ?

Maybe a slow cooker ..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1-5-Ltr-Mini-Slow-Cooker/dp/B000RRWLC6/ref=sr...

Dunno if the wrap will wrap or not .. ;)

Many thanks, that looks like a great idea so I've just ordered one ...
I'll report back

They are heated around the side, not the bottom. You'll probably be
better off with a fondue set. Anything from £5 to £15 depending on
size.

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On 06/12/2011 02:35, Nick Odell wrote:
On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:53:05 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?
bin the HIDE glue and get a hot glue gun instead.

Nice joke TNP. You wouldn't believe the number of times I've had to
pick a violin apart to clean it up and put it together again because
someone has thoughtfully done just that.

Incidentally, I use my electric bending iron set at a low temperature
and an old tobbacco tin for the glue when I want to heat up a small
quantity of hide glue. No water jacket required. I realise that's not
a lot of help to the OP since he probably doesn't have an electric
bending iron in the cupboard under the sink.

Nick

Well ... I don't have a bending iron at the moment but I've been
looking-around to work out how to make one but am tempted by silicone
heating pads as a replacement for the traditional iron - have you tried
them?

I don't think a glue gun would be particularly appropriate for the 18thC
English "Guittar" that I'm restoring ;-)

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:19:34 +0000, NoSpam
wrote:

On 06/12/2011 02:35, Nick Odell wrote:
On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:53:05 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?
bin the HIDE glue and get a hot glue gun instead.

Nice joke TNP. You wouldn't believe the number of times I've had to
pick a violin apart to clean it up and put it together again because
someone has thoughtfully done just that.

Incidentally, I use my electric bending iron set at a low temperature
and an old tobbacco tin for the glue when I want to heat up a small
quantity of hide glue. No water jacket required. I realise that's not
a lot of help to the OP since he probably doesn't have an electric
bending iron in the cupboard under the sink.

Nick

Well ... I don't have a bending iron at the moment but I've been
looking-around to work out how to make one but am tempted by silicone
heating pads as a replacement for the traditional iron - have you tried
them?

I don't think a glue gun would be particularly appropriate for the 18thC
English "Guittar" that I'm restoring ;-)

Ha! I guessed you might be up to something interesting! I bought my
bending iron back in the last century when I was nobut a lad but all
it is is a large aluminium block with two precisely-fitted cartridge
heaters and a simmerstat and I reckon I'd make one myself nowadays if
this one weren't indestructible. Which is also the reason why I've not
needed to try heating pads.

Nick

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

thirty-six wrote:

On Dec 5, 9:23*pm, NoSpam wrote:
On 05/12/2011 20:30, Paul - xxx wrote:

NoSpam wrote:

I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using
our old filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can
anyone suggest a cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of
water at around 70 degC ?

Maybe a slow cooker ..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/1-5-Ltr-Mini-Slow-Cooker/dp/B000RRWLC6/ref=sr...

Dunno if the wrap will wrap or not .. ;)

Many thanks, that looks like a great idea so I've just ordered one
... I'll report back

They are heated around the side, not the bottom. You'll probably be
better off with a fondue set. Anything from £5 to £15 depending on
size.

I didn't know that, but I've used a cheap slow cooker for many similar
things .. warming R/C cars wheels up to remove tyres, melting wax for
candles, plastic 'nodules' for a moulding experiment[1] and for most
things it's been good.

The wife, bless her sole, uses it for cooking, who'd'a thought of that!

[1] Moulding war diorama figures from plastic instead of lead .. almost
a failure, almost a success, but not a great result overall.

--
Paul - xxx
"You know, all I wanna do is race .. and all I wanna do is win"
Mark Cavendish, World Champion 2011.

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On Dec 5, 7:44*pm, NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?

float one saucepan (with glue in) inside another with simmering water
in it. As you used to make porridge...

or buy one of those thermostatically controlled glue pots? I have one
and it's great.

http://www.google.com/products?q=glu...ide+glue&hl=en

Robert

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On Dec 5, 11:53*pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?

bin the HIDE glue and get a hot glue gun instead.

One nice thing with hide glue (apart from authenticity of course) is
that you can undo the joints by steaming them a bit.


Robert

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

RobertL wrote:
On Dec 5, 11:53 pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?
bin the HIDE glue and get a hot glue gun instead.

One nice thing with hide glue (apart from authenticity of course) is
that you can undo the joints by steaming them a bit.

same goes for hot glue actually BUT its got radically different acoustic
properties, so I retract the original statement with respect to ancient
and treasured instruments.

PS did anyone see that article on someone who cat scanned a Stradivarius
to exactly get the shape right, and is now building replicas? Cool trick
huh?

OK there's a bit of smarts in wood selection and the varnishes, but its
apparently getting a really close sound already.

I cant remember where I saw it...

Robert

Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

The Natural Philosopher writes:

PS did anyone see that article on someone who cat scanned a
Stradivarius to exactly get the shape right, and is now
building replicas? Cool trick huh?

OK there's a bit of smarts in wood selection and the
varnishes, but its apparently getting a really close sound
already.

I cant remember where I saw it...

Could have been he
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15926864

--
Jón Fairbairn
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2010-09-14)

Reporting back: Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On 05/12/2011 19:44, NoSpam wrote:
I have a job that needs hyde glue and I was thinking of using our old
filter coffee machine - but it's been thrown out. Can anyone suggest a
cheap hotplate that will keep a small jar of water at around 70 degC ?

The mini slow cooker was cheap but not really "mini" enough.

The hot plate from an old (i.e. free) filter coffee machine worked well
(with a glass jar of water containing a herb jar with the glue in it)
but sat at 60degC.

The winner though is a Boots baby bottle warmer - £5 from eBay. The max
temperature was initially 50-55degC but by taking it apart and removing
the stop on the thermostat I can now set any temperature up to about 85
degC. The herb jar fits perfectly.

HTHs someone.

Reporting back: Glue pot heater for hyde glue - hotplate?
 

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:48:52 +0000, NoSpam
wrote:

The winner though is a Boots baby bottle warmer - £5 from eBay. The max
temperature was initially 50-55degC

I have a couple of those (fiver from ebay, as you said) to heat fuel
filters when running on veg oil. For bang/buck, they're excellent.