Gorilla Glue?

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Skean Dhu

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I've read about several people using Gorrila Glue to help secure the head to the handle.

I've never used this product so I'm not very familiar with it. Is there an advantage over regular 2 ton epoxy?

Any helpful hints for using it?

Thanks.
 
I don't know if it has a specific advantage, but it's a heckuva good adhesive. A lot of people--my own father for one--become religious about its use.

Smells bad, though.
 
Good question. I just took apart a CS Vietnam style hawk. Blued the head, sanded the handle, oiled it. Then put gorilla glue and a wedge in to secure it. Funny stuff, foams up. Supposed to be good stuff. Guess I'll find out.
 
Polyurethane glues like Gorilla Glue are exceptionally strong when used to bond wood and a much better choice than Devcon 2-ton. It needs moisture to work; just follow the instructions on the bottle. You should still make sure the head and handle are sized so the head cannot fly off, glue or no glue. Don't depend on the adhesive alone to keep head secure.
 
I'm guessing a possible advantage would be that Gorilla-type glues remain a little bit flexible when cured, which may be an advantage over an adhesive that cures very brittle and may be more prone to fracturing under such stresses found in an axe/tomahawk.

It does foam up and fill gaps well, too.
 
I used it and it seemed to work till I started throwing it. After a few hits, the bond broke. Try soaking the handle with linseed oil then press it together with a vise.
 
when soaking in linseed oil (does boiled work the same?) should you mix the product with a thinner?
 
I had the same problem with the G. Glue bond breaking after several throws....I maybe doing something wrong but I guess it was not designed for that. I'll give it another try.

Best
Dwight
 
Watchful said:
I don't know if it has a specific advantage, but it's a heckuva good adhesive. A lot of people--my own father for one--become religious about its use.

Smells bad, though.
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Thats cause they forgot to wash the gorilla first . L:O:L

Thats a neat name Skean duh . My buddy says its good not great . Toughest glue in the world ? No way .
 
Just get used to tapping the head back on once in awhile if you plan on throwing. Less headaches and busted handles.

Yes, boiled linseed oil is what I was referring to.

hatchet-
 
Gorilla glue is a very strong adhesive. It does expand as it dries so beware! As far as being good for securing an axe head? Can't comment on that?
 
gorrilla glue seems to work allright for light chopping but in my experience wont hold up long after throwing or prolonged chopping, the only axe i've used it on that i can really say was very succesful was a CS battle axe because all i use it for is occasionally chopping up milk bottles and such.
 
FYI, "boiled" linseed oil is the kind I use for any wood-finish applications.

"Boiled" linseed oil (which, I understand, can also be made by adding chemicals to linseed oil, and not necessarily by boiling--though boiling works, too, obviously) dries out and hardens over the course of a couple of days into a transparent finish; it's also somewhat adhesive, somewhat seals the wood, and thus, for example, helps hold hammer and hatchet heads onto wooden handles. (One trick I've used in fitting handles to hammer-heads is to soak the head end of the handle in boiled linseed oil immediately prior to installing the handle in the head; the oil is slippery at first, but then after a few days becomes more like a tacky glue--meanwhile somewhat sealing the wood, and probably preventing shrinkage.) I've never had to make "boiled" linseed oil--usually that's just the kind I find at, for example, Home Depot.

It is my understanding that unboiled linseed oil either does not dry, or takes much, much longer to do so. I would thus avoid using it for things like 'hawk finish, setting handles into heads, etc.
 
on the carton it says you should mix the linseed oil with thinner, is this good for working wqith hawk handles or is it better in the raw?
 
Greatly appreciate everyone's input and advice. Not sure what I'm going to use yet, but I'll figure it out!

Thanks again, guys.
 
762 shooter said:
Gorilla glue will not stick to metal. It is meant for a wood to wood bond. JTYMLTK.
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Not true my friend- it is great to bond porous materials to metal- just not metal to metal. I have used it on one knife and numerous other projects (non- bladed) and it works very well if there is a tight glue line. The foam is not structural but only forms when there is no tight joint, in the joint it acts like other glues/epoxy.
 
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