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Terry Loose (terry)
Username: terry

Registered: 05-2006
Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 01:54 pm:   

I bought a cabinet off of E-bay that was a combo. Someone sawed the cabinet down to make a head and did a very poor job. It was too small to put back together. It did have a good top and bottom, so I've been trying to get the sides out of the finger joints at the top that were glued together at the factory. I soaked it in water...all that did was tighten it up like a barrel in water. I then used some solvent that was supposed to loosen the glue, but the joints are so tight, the solvent couldn't get in. Then I was boiling some sweet corn on my grill and thought.....why not put the corners in the boiling water after the corn was done. It worked!!! After about 10 minutes, I could tap the side panel away from the top plate. Then you could wipe the old glue off the cabinet and it was like having a new top. Now I can make two new side panels and make this a little RD-50 combo again. Thought I would share my experience/thoughts with you.
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Steve Kennedy (admin)
Username: admin

Registered: 03-2002
Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 07:26 pm:   

That's cool... did it smell funny? I had heard that amps made in the '60s and 70's could have been glued together using glue made from "organic sources" (read "Horses"). I am sure this doesn't happen now but I wasn't sure when this type of glue fell out of favor!

When I recovered my 112RD-100 the glue holding down the original factory tolex had an interesting "non-chemical" meaty smell to it when I used a heat gun to soften it up!

Modern wood glues are less organic than they used to be.

Steve

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