11-22-2009, 05:37 PM
KevinKrey Wrote:I know that the clamping somethimes is where you need to be more creative than the actuall building itself, but working with something this small seems like clamping piece by peice will take forever. Is there not another way to glue it? Why wont the ca/superglue hold? That stuff will stick to absolutly anything else.
Balsa is the worst for this. The problem is that the cell structure is so open that the glue soaks into the wood and dries before you can (literally) stick the other piece on. One remedy is to switch glues, the other is to apply a little CA to each piece, let it dry, and then glue the joint together with more CA. The initial application prevents the second from soaking into the wood.
If you do switch to yellow or white glue, look at doctorwayne's suggestions above, or look at a few of Kurt's wood structure/rolling stock builds for excellent tips.
Andrew