I stumbled on this "Parent's Choice" Baby bottle Warmer in a Craigslist ad for $5. It works great and I got to meet the cutest set of twin little boy toddlers I think I've ever seen! That alone was worth a lot more than the bottle warmer.
Anyway here's what I understood from Greg's Paolini's posting about this on Knots (Finewoodworking.com's forum):
The warmer has a 400 watt element in it and you put ~1/8 cup of water in it. I had an old ~6oz jar with a lid which fit in it perfectly but a small jelly jar or a small plastic squeeze bottle should work fine. You could also use a Rival Hot Pot Express with the control on the front but it's about twice as big and I don't think I'll need more than 4 oz of hide glue at any one time.
The small jar fits perfectly in the warmer but you only have to have ~1/8cup of water in the warmer or it will overflow (DAMHIKT:embarrassed:
I got the water jacket too hot on the high setting (~160) so I backed it down to #2 and this should work fine.
This will be my first experience with hide glue. I have a Ukelele from the 1930s needing some repair and the original hide glue has suffered too many freeze/cook cycles in the attic where it was stored for who knows how long. Its back separated from the sides.
Anyway here's what I understood from Greg's Paolini's posting about this on Knots (Finewoodworking.com's forum):
The warmer has a 400 watt element in it and you put ~1/8 cup of water in it. I had an old ~6oz jar with a lid which fit in it perfectly but a small jelly jar or a small plastic squeeze bottle should work fine. You could also use a Rival Hot Pot Express with the control on the front but it's about twice as big and I don't think I'll need more than 4 oz of hide glue at any one time.
The small jar fits perfectly in the warmer but you only have to have ~1/8cup of water in the warmer or it will overflow (DAMHIKT:embarrassed:
I got the water jacket too hot on the high setting (~160) so I backed it down to #2 and this should work fine.
This will be my first experience with hide glue. I have a Ukelele from the 1930s needing some repair and the original hide glue has suffered too many freeze/cook cycles in the attic where it was stored for who knows how long. Its back separated from the sides.