glue for splices?

[jturner]

i have alot of osage billetts id like to use, i was wondering what glues i can splice them with? i cant find recorcinol anywhere. I have smooth on but i need something i can steam after its glued. or if they are straight before i glue them what do yall use?

[Gordon]

Recorcinol is the only glue that I know of that can be safely steamed after curing and retain it's strength.

[jturner]

if I sraighten first and use heat gun to tweak limbs instead of steaming what options are there? fishtail splices, would titebond work?

[gstoneberg]

It's hard to cut the splice good enough to get a good bond with the TB's.  I suspect with a perfectly cut and tight splice titebond might work.   I'm not that good.   I use Smooth-On epoxy and I've seen Urac work well too.

George

[vinemaplebows]

2-ton epoxy slow cure...30 minute set...not the 5-minute.

[Pat B]

I think Urac can handle some steaming. It is the best wood/wood glue out there.

[jturner]

thanks guys, does urac require heat to cure? will it fill gaps? do they still make recourcinol?

[Pat B]

Urac needs 70deg(F) to cure. More heat, quicker curing.  It is a good gap filler too.

[PEARL DRUMS]

URAC will take all kinds of heat abuse if its mixed and cured properly. Its all I use on splices.  Matt had some Resorcinol a few months ago, that was my first time of seeing it in person. Stick with URAC.

[Eric Krewson]

The only glue I use for splicing is Urac. I have heat bent a bunch of osage and bamboo osage glued with Urac, no failures.