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Hide Glue Pot - Large Wooden Badger - 11-29-2021
As I continue down this hand tool slippery slope, I want to start using hide glue to the extent possible. Been using Old Brown, but would like to start rolling my own.
I can't find any glue pots. Yes I can pick up a crock pot, but I'd like to do it correctly. Lee Valley has a nice one, but they are out of stock. I have tried all the other sources I can think of but I can't find any.
Anyone know of a source?
TIA
RE: Hide Glue Pot - Rob Young - 11-29-2021
(11-29-2021, 10:17 AM)Large Wooden Badger Wrote: As I continue down this hand tool slippery slope, I want to start using hide glue to the extent possible. Been using Old Brown, but would like to start rolling my own.
I can't find any glue pots. Yes I can pick up a crock pot, but I'd like to do it correctly. Lee Valley has a nice one, but they are out of stock. I have tried all the other sources I can think of but I can't find any.
Anyone know of a source?
TIA
The Hold-Heet branded ones were sold through Woodcraft, Tools for Working Wood and several other catalog suppliers.
However it appears Hold-Heet's new-stock has been depleted. Tried the phone number in the Thomas Register and it didn't go through. The are in Chicago and with a little more work I supposed I could have confirmed the phone number.
They do show up on eBay but as you say, new stock seems to be unavailable.
RE: Hide Glue Pot - Tony Z - 11-29-2021
I have one, hardly used. PM me an offer.
RE: Hide Glue Pot - Admiral - 11-29-2021
(11-29-2021, 10:17 AM)Large Wooden Badger Wrote: Lee Valley has a nice one, but they are out of stock.
Apparently, they have them available in many stores - click the "check availability in stores" link. In the past, on two occasions I needed something not available online, and LV customer service went above and beyond and had a retail store send one to the distribution center in upstate NY where they shipped to me. So if nothing else works out . . . . give it a try.
RE: Hide Glue Pot - adamcherubini - 11-29-2021
I use a cast iron double boiler I picked up t a flea market for $15. I heat it with an electric burner my wife bought for me at Walmart.
Might find one on eBay. One thing I like about my set up is the glue is often not close to my bench. When I need glue, I grab the whole pot, which stays hot off the burner for quite a while.
Hot glue is easy and forgiving. Enjoy it.
RE: Hide Glue Pot - Pedder - 11-30-2021
I used the old babybottle warmer and a jam glas.
Cheers
Pedder
RE: Hide Glue Pot - mike4244 - 11-30-2021
(11-29-2021, 10:17 AM)Large Wooden Badger Wrote: As I continue down this hand tool slippery slope, I want to start using hide glue to the extent possible. Been using Old Brown, but would like to start rolling my own.
I can't find any glue pots. Yes I can pick up a crock pot, but I'd like to do it correctly. Lee Valley has a nice one, but they are out of stock. I have tried all the other sources I can think of but I can't find any.
Anyone know of a source?
TIA
What is the problem with a crock pot? Been using hide glue for almost 60 years. 20+ years ago I bought a $10.00 small crock pot at Target. No switch or thermostat control, on & off by pulling the plug. I removed the glass top and replaced it with a piece of MDF with a notch for the brush.
I use a candy thermometer for the thermostat. The plug is in a switchable outlet.
mike
RE: Hide Glue Pot - adamcherubini - 11-30-2021
Mike, sorry for the stupid question.
You don’t put the glue directly in the crock pot, right? Fill the crock pot with water and put the glue in a jar in the water?
You need to keep the jar off the bottom of the crockpot, right?
People say “crockpot” but it’s more complicated than that, isn’t it?
RE: Hide Glue Pot - Large Wooden Badger - 12-01-2021
(11-30-2021, 08:02 PM)adamcherubini Wrote: Mike, sorry for the stupid question.
You don’t put the glue directly in the crock pot, right? Fill the crock pot with water and put the glue in a jar in the water?
You need to keep the jar off the bottom of the crockpot, right?
People say “crockpot” but it’s more complicated than that, isn’t it?
That's my understanding, you use the crock pot as a double boiler. I think you can do the same with a hold heet pot as well
RE: Hide Glue Pot - Rob Young - 12-01-2021
(12-01-2021, 09:23 AM)Large Wooden Badger Wrote: That's my understanding, you use the crock pot as a double boiler. I think you can do the same with a hold heet pot as well
Yes. While you can put the glue in the H-H pot, for Joe Weekend it is too much glue volume. A bit slower but use a small jar in the H-H just like you would in the crock pot. You can make up the volume in the H-H pot with water to get a more efficient transfer of the heat.
Prior to getting a H-H I was using a cheap Sunbeam electric kettle that could be left on and had a thermostat dial. Had to experiment a bit but found the setting that worked for 140F. Also, left a few glass marbles in the bottom so that when I put in the little jar (small jelly jar worked well) it wouldn't rest directly on the heating element. Maybe it mattered, maybe it didn't.
The H-H doesn't really have the problem of resting a jar on the heating element as I believe it heats from below through the air gap between the inner and outer pots.