Glue recommendaton for Hickory workbench top lamination?

[PBS]

Hi:

I have a big workbench top to laminate. It will be solid hickory, the individual pieces are 1-3/4" thick and 3" high. The lengths are 6 to 12 feet. Finished top will be 15 feet by 3 feet.

Anyone have a recommendation other than Titebond to consider for the glue for the lamination?

Thanks, Paul

[John Crea]

If you rule out Titebond, then the options are epoxy or urethane or hideglue (and maybe things like fish glue, and other esoteric adhesives)

TiteBond is a good choice here but the others should work as well.

Personally, I would probably go with a quality epoxy if I was not allowed to use Titebond or any of the other glues that are basically the same as Titebond

John

[Chris Carruth]

That is not a workbench...that is a fixed aircraft carrier...

[Lew Hodgett]

1)Resorcinol 2) Epoxy

The resorcinol will give you the most open time.

Either one will cost 5-10 times TiteBond for the small amount needed.

SFWIW, I use a lot of epoxy, but I'd use resorcinol here because it is easier to handle.

HTH

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By Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:49:41 -0700, "PBS" decided to post "Glue recommendaton for Hickory workbench top lamination?" to rec.woodworking:

Resorcinol, tho expensive, is very permanent -- but I think of it as a bit brittle. I wonder about using hickory for a solid laminated benchtop. This species tends to move quite a bit, but is otherwise pretty tough and durable, and handles[sic] shock well.

hth, /ts

[Montyhp]

lamination?"

I did an end grain hickory butcher block with Tightbond II. 1 year of daily use and no problem at all. Montyhp