ed sautter
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I am a turkey call maker of sorts and make the turkey box calls among the types of calls I make. Well it has happened to me that I made the mistake of gluing up one of the sides inside out. I didn't notice it till the next day that I had made the mistake and bu then the glue was rock hard. It made me sick to think I had done all that work to just throw it away with my mistake. But then I figured all the work that went into it I needed to see if there was any way to correct this. To the web to find a solution.
I found many ideas on line to remove the glue but none really sounded like they worked. I stumbled upon one guy that said his idea worked fantastic and it sounded easy enough so with nothing to loose I'd give it a try. The process was to set the oven to 300 degrees and just put the project in and wait till it got hot and take it apart. How simple is that? What did I have to loose?
So back home i got to work. Made sure the oven was up to temp and set at 300 degrees. I then placed the call in the open to let it get hot. Set a timer to remember to come back (good idea if you're getting old) in 10 minutes. Came back and with a small knife I tried to open up the glue joint around the end block. To my surprise it opened up with little effort. With the end blocks out the side remained. They would wiggle but didn't budge. Didn't want to mar them with pliers (which would have pulled them right out) so back in the oven for a little bit more as everything had cooled down. A bit more heat and they came right out. Clean them up, reassembled them correctly, and the call looks as it should. Can't even tell there was ever a mistake.
Now these pieces are thin (1/8" and 1/4") so they warm up quickly. If you have thicker boards they may take more time to heat. Also if they don't fit in the oven then your bet it to use a heat gun and work the joint free a little at a time. Some joints may come apart easier than others but I believe they all can come apart if given time, heat and patience.
I found many ideas on line to remove the glue but none really sounded like they worked. I stumbled upon one guy that said his idea worked fantastic and it sounded easy enough so with nothing to loose I'd give it a try. The process was to set the oven to 300 degrees and just put the project in and wait till it got hot and take it apart. How simple is that? What did I have to loose?
So back home i got to work. Made sure the oven was up to temp and set at 300 degrees. I then placed the call in the open to let it get hot. Set a timer to remember to come back (good idea if you're getting old) in 10 minutes. Came back and with a small knife I tried to open up the glue joint around the end block. To my surprise it opened up with little effort. With the end blocks out the side remained. They would wiggle but didn't budge. Didn't want to mar them with pliers (which would have pulled them right out) so back in the oven for a little bit more as everything had cooled down. A bit more heat and they came right out. Clean them up, reassembled them correctly, and the call looks as it should. Can't even tell there was ever a mistake.
Now these pieces are thin (1/8" and 1/4") so they warm up quickly. If you have thicker boards they may take more time to heat. Also if they don't fit in the oven then your bet it to use a heat gun and work the joint free a little at a time. Some joints may come apart easier than others but I believe they all can come apart if given time, heat and patience.