Undoing Bad Glueing

[joshvegas]

I need to unglue a wing on a three piece ash body as the one end hasn't glued properly for about an inch structurally it's not that important but its annoying cosmetically.

I want to seperate and reglue and so i tried the iron trick but the wood seems to be acting as a heat sink.

would the oven work on a low heat or even heated up then turned off? wrapped in tinfoil with some water to steam it or possible not

i could just fill it but it's gonna be natural and it will show up particularly on the end grain

[joshvegas]

I'd switched the iron off to answer the phone and forgot to put it backl on!

[low end fuzz]

cut and rejoint;

even if you seperate it with heat, your gonna have glue somewheer that has to be removed, and since your not happy with the original joint in the first place, not jointing the edegs again will leave you in the same place you started

[joshvegas]

I wanted to serperate it because cutting the join then rejointing it uses more wood.

once i realised i'd been a tool i seperated the glue with the iron and got the trusty stanley number 7 it's regluing as we write!

[Bassisgreat]

Glad to hear it worked out for you!

FWIW, you *can* use an oven, heated to about 150-170 degrees for about 20 mins (I've done it) , but you have to be aware that an oven is going to try to dry out the wood, which gives you potential problems with cracks/checks, etc. If the joint is worse than the risk, then it's worth a shot.