I’ve had this Wen Sander for something like nearly a year now. I haven’t reviewed it yet.
Wen SanderOld Vacuum Cleaner connected up to the output
I connected this old Bissell Vacuum Cleaner to it and it does a great job of sucking up all the Sawdust.
Also, I have this Shop Light above it so I can see what I’m doing.
Anyway, this Wen is a nice little Sander. In fact, I didn’t realize just how much I use it until I changed the Sanding Belt on it. I use the Belt way more than I use the Disk.
I paid around $90 bucks for it on Amazon. I’ve had a lot of use out of it so I would recommend this to anybody.
I bought this Contact Adhesive yesterday because I’m almost out of Dap Weldwood. I just ordered some more, but in the meantime, I thought that I would give this Gorilla one a try.
For the 2nd Layer Plank work, definitely avoid this glue. It probably is great for some applications, but not for that. I ended up getting Glue Goo all over the edges of the planks and there was no easy way to avoid it from what I can see.
I bet this glue will come in handy at some other point though so I’m not going to completely dismiss it. Although, it would probably come in second after Aleene’s Rapid Dry, which I like for these sort of rubbery glues.
I originally found out about this glue while watching an Instructional Video by Modelers Central. It was a video on doing the second layer or Veneer Planking.
He applied it to both sides of the surfaces to be glued, then he said to wait until it’s “touch dry”… which he demonstrated by simply touching the surface and it wasn’t unduly sticky.
Anyway, I have yet to use it for that purpose.
But, I have found that it’s a godsend for doing my current work.
I am building these Gun Carraiges, which consists of 9 small parts. I decided to try this glue out on them by coating both sides of the small parts and waiting for the 15 minutes. (Which is a decisively unfortunate aspect of using this glue)
I also found them to be handy while making my Gun Ports as well… which consisted of 4 small parts.
What I like about it is the fact that it’s way less messy and less “unruly” than using Superglue and also Aleene’s The Ultimate even. Aleene’s is similar to being a Contact Cement, however it’s really messy I’ve found. Although it does have a strong bond once dry. As well as this Cement as well.
So for the small work, this cement works really good and I recommend it.
By the way, if you use a Brush or something to apply this Contact Cement, a really good way to clean the Brush afterwards is to use Turpentine.
I love this Cement for a lot of different applications. When you require the pieces to grab and then hold together.
I often “harden” the joined pieces with Super glue, which I simply dribble into the crack and wipe away the excess…
I found out on my latest build that this stuff is very Caustic.
I thought it would be a good idea to pour a bit into a Plastic Container to dab my Brush into. Well… It ate right through the plastic in record time!
Also I poured some into a Plastic Pill Bottle, which I drilled a hole into to hold the Brush.
Plastic Pill Bottle Brush Holder
Yeah… You’d think it’s a great idea, right???!!! .. WRONG!!! .. The fumes inside the bottle ate right through the Plastic Brush Handle!!!
The Pill Bottle seems to be holding up well for holding the Cement in there though. 🤔🙄
I made this long tube made out of PVC Pipe as the Wood Soaker.
I put on this threaded end so that I can put a piece of wood in it and pour some boiling water in and let it sit for a few hours to let the water soak into the wood to make it more flexible.
Here I have it stuck in the Disposer while the wood soaks for a few hours.
