I am trying to complete a small workbench I am building. The project has been kind of protracted so I am ready to just get it over with. The stretchers attach to the legs with lap dovetail joints and those are the only joints I still need to glue. The workbench is currently inside my garage which is not heated and with the temperatures being what they are, I am worried it may be too cold to glue up. I am not sure I can use a space heater per my lease and even if I could I would want to actually be awake to monitor it while it is on. I am in an apartment and I do not really have any place that is heated and is also ideal for doing a glue up of a piece this size, I would have to do it over carpet with a dropcloth or block access to my kitchen or front door to do it.
The garage has been basically 50-52 degrees over the past 24 hours according to the cheap digital thermometer I have but I am not sure I trust that down to the degree.
Adhesives I have available are TB3 (recommended > 47 F), Titebond liquid hide glue (recommended > 50 F), old brown hide glue (min temp unspecified - does this mean there is none?), totalboat 5:1 traditional epoxy w/ slow hardener (recommended > 60 F.) I was hoping to use TB3 but it feels cutting it close. Obviously I can warm the glues before applying but the workbench and the air are another matter.
Does anyone have any thoughts or tips? Am I being overly conservative on anything here? I just don't want to screw up the last step after working on this thing in fits and starts over 2 years.
The garage has been basically 50-52 degrees over the past 24 hours according to the cheap digital thermometer I have but I am not sure I trust that down to the degree.
Adhesives I have available are TB3 (recommended > 47 F), Titebond liquid hide glue (recommended > 50 F), old brown hide glue (min temp unspecified - does this mean there is none?), totalboat 5:1 traditional epoxy w/ slow hardener (recommended > 60 F.) I was hoping to use TB3 but it feels cutting it close. Obviously I can warm the glues before applying but the workbench and the air are another matter.
Does anyone have any thoughts or tips? Am I being overly conservative on anything here? I just don't want to screw up the last step after working on this thing in fits and starts over 2 years.