Using all-thread to spread glue

[BobSch]

I found one of these in the paint dept at Ace...less than a buck. I've used it when face gluing up MDF panels for things like router tables:

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http://www.reddevil.com/productDetai...RT&c=mt&cat=33

It's about 3" x 3", and has different sized V-notches along each edge. Cleans up easy.

I like Mike's idea. Its advantage over the credit card method is you don't have to replace your wife's $75 pair of pinking shears. (He says with regret as he looks at the hole in the tool budget.)

[Kristofor]

I like Mike's idea. Its advantage over the credit card method is you don't have to replace your wife's $75 pair of pinking shears. (He says with regret as he looks at the hole in the tool budget.)

Now, that might have been solved with a little reasoning with her... "Honey, what's the problem, they didn't cut straight before, and they don't cut straight now so nothing's really changed has it?"

Now back on topic, I have a $0.49 or so cheap plastic 12" ruler with a piece of steel epoxies to the back that works well for large surfaces (I did several when building work benches). With the double angle it's easy to hold while keeping a sharp angle to the work surface and the little raised marks for the measurement allow me to push down hard and still allow a very consistent amount of glue through (which appears to self level, but I haven't done any real delicate work with this)

Kristofor.