Cedar Glue Questions

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:37:24 -0500, samson <[email protected]> wrote:

>I got a nice load of cedar wood reclaimed from an
>an old deck. I am putting Mr. Lumber Wizard to work.
>
>Question about indoor gluing. If I want to make a
>basic panel, do I use the same methods and get the
>same results from gluing, say, oak or birch?
>
Yes


>Question about outdoor gluing. If I want to make
>longer 1 X 4 rails for an outdoor bench out of
>shorter (true) 1 X 4, will a lap joint and glue work,
>or should I use a more elaborate joint or a special
>kind of glue?
>

Maybe. I'd use Titebond II or III, or some other water resistant glue.
And I'd probably use my router and a 1:12 taper jig to make a tapered
scarf joint rather than a simple lap joint, if I wanted more strength
(more long grain to long grain in the joint). But making the overlap
in the lap joint longer could achieve the same thing.

>Thanks,
>
>S.

On Aug 30, 3:37 pm, samson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I got a nice load of cedar wood reclaimed from an
> an old deck. I am putting Mr. Lumber Wizard to work.
>
> Question about indoor gluing. If I want to make a
> basic panel, do I use the same methods and get the
> same results from gluing, say, oak or birch?

I haven't had any problems gluing cedar.

For the bench, I would probably double it up and stagger the joints.
And when in doubt, epoxy.