Make a Caddy for CA Glue to Go

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[@davebullard]

Thanks so much for taking the time to pack so much of your experience into your videos. I've lost count of what I've learned form watching you work.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Thanks for sayin Dave... I'm glad to share 'experience' with viewers like you who grasp what's being shown and benefit from it. Best, Matt

[@dannydodge7191]

Ordered and definitely making it! I made the first caddy and keep it in my shop. However, once my wife discovered how well Starbond glue works and the caddy finds it way into the house all to often. I ordered the smaller set and I’ll make this really cool caddy for her so she keeps her hands off my set. Lol! Thanks so much for the tips. Can’t get enough of absorbing so many professional woodworking tips from a real craftsman like yourself!

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Glad to hear it Danny... I think you'll find it a challenging and rewarding project. I advise you to make two while you're at it though. It could help prevent marital discord because the caddy is a joy to hold and use IMHO and wouldn't want you resenting the missus if she denies you access! Let me know what you think of the smaller set and, most important, the pump sprayer and Pinocchio nozzle. I've been slow to adopt the pump spray over aerosol but the new tip design has positively affected my opinion and preference and I'm curious what others think... Best, Matt

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Matt, those caddies turned out great! Mesquite is such a beautiful wood. Your added humor just added more to the video. Thank you Sir

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

You're quite welcome Tom... thanks for watching! It's good to see a comment from you on this one and to know the 'humor', such as it is, didn't put you off. 😎 To know mesquite is to love mesquite, right? Best, Matt

[@pathardage1880]

I really enjoy your builds and your style. Thanks.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Thank you... because I don't do InstaGoogleTwitFace, I always appreciate it when viewers that enjoy NLC videos spread the word to their social media contacts!

[@juditbarba5827]

I love your videos. I wish kids could be learning this skills

[@clintford5315]

Your editing and presentation flow is getting alot smoother. Thanks for the episode. Cheers

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Thanks for sayin' Clint... video production's is an ongoing learning experience, that's for sure! Best, Matt

[@holdemNE1]

a lot is two words

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

@@holdemNE1 Interesting statement from a guy who posts comments without proper capitalization and punctuation.

[@clintford5315]

Took a lot of time to sit and type that I misspelled a lot. Thanks a lot for that. A lot of the time I just let auto correct just fix it, but I guess it would be a lot smarter to double check my spelling. Forgot that a lot of the time folks have nothing better to do than nit pick little spelling errors like....a lot👍

[@BiP00]

@@holdemNE1 *are

[@pirakoXX]

Always a pleasure to watch and learn from a pro like Matt here - and I like the humor as well! 👍😊

[@glenntalley4919]

Matt, Thank you for what you do to teach!! The methodical approve to everything you do helps , not just in carpentry. In aspects of life you have have a planned approach.

[@joewrosenthal00]

I built the first glue caddy you described years ago. I’m still using it. Further, I used a modified version of your design for oval bottles. It works just fine, as well. It looks like your new design will fit nicely in my tote case. So… Thanks!

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

That's good to hear Joe... I wouldn't 'push' CA glue and Starbond so much if I didn't feel it was so useful and important to myself and viewers. Compared to having to use aliphatic resin wood glue like Elmer's Carpenters Wood Glue in the old days for everything I use CA glue for now is revolutionary to this 'ol nailbender and I want to tell the world about it! 😉😎

[@jillianonthehudson1739]

Another funny, informative, detailed, delightful project!

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Thanks for sayin'... much appreciated! Best, Matt

[@williampinchbeck4321]

Thanks!! Great work as always!!

[@frankvanderwal4571]

LOL!!! 23/32”=18.25635mm!!! Even this metric-raised guy laughed very hard! Wonderful coverage. Apart from the marvellous workpiece you have created I silently enjoy all your little tricks and techniques like the PVC based sanding jig, of course with the ever so simple yet ingenious jig to open up the PVC to slid in a new sheet…. Many thanks for sharing.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Hey Frank, I'm glad to know you liked the little joke and that being a 'metric as a first language' native hasn't recalibrated your sense of humor. Some viewers seem to take metric superiority WAY to seriously. Thanks for watching and commenting on this one... Best, Matt

[@Lilliputian63]

@@NextLevelCarpentry I too want to thank you for your tireless efforts in giving others your very, very cleverly developed tips and tricks! I especially loved your tips on making very, very long shims. Just used that in shimming in a bathtub so my kerdi board would end up inside the top flange, not on top. I will, however, take exception to this metric dig. You're comparing apples to oranges here - translating the measurements of a CA glue container - made to imperial specs - to metric specs. Of course they aren't going to match up. Had the German doppelgänger of you made a similar caddy, it would have taken the measurements of the metric created container, and dared us Imperialists to figure out the distance for 708661/10000000". It's absurd of course.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

@@Lilliputian63 a degree of absurdity is at the core of any good joke, isn't it? The main point is to rattle cages of those who take either metric or imperial measurements too seriously... there's plenty of serious things in life to stress about stuff like measuring systems, favorite teams, favorite brands etc. IMHO. 🤓

[@jerrystark3587]

Another great video. Very cool glue caddy. Thanks!!

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

You're welcome Jerry... BTW the genesis of this video was probably a year ago when it started to bug me how impractical it was to carry all 3 viscosities with me to jobsites. Trouble is when I get an itch like that I can't not do something about it, regardless how insignifcant the itch or what it takes to scratch it. I can finally say the CA Glue to Go project is D.U.N.!!

[@clifforddavis722]

Hey Matt.... As nice as that and other projects are.. I always appreciate the little things you share to make all jobs maybe just a bit easier. This time it was the sand paper on the piece of pvc.. Well, of course I've seen sandpaper wrapped on dowels or conduit, but not the slit spread with a Wedge. So obviously a great idea but I've never seen it before. So simple and can be used with any size conduit to accommodate any radius. As a tradesman, any tricks are always appreciated. I truly believe that one can and should learn something new everyday. Thanks brother.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Thanks for letting me know Clifford... it does take a good deal of extra effort to include details like the one you mention in a video production and it's nice to know they're appreciated. Hope it helps you out going forward... Best, Matt

[@GregsGarage]

I gotta make one of these. I used the NLC code about a month ago for this exact set. I love the glue and now I'm going to have a great way to store the bottles!

[@mickwilson127]

Good tip on the pipe with a split for the concave surfaces.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Thanks Mick... BTW I've got an assortment of pipes of various diameters that work the same way and equally well on concave surfaces of different sizes.

[@bobd.]

Nice. I built my own version of your first caddy a couple years ago using a piece of Walnut.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

It's a good way to use up cool scraps of wood, isn't it? Plus, you have a useful object to be more organized and productive. Best, Matt

[@BiP00]

Thanks a lot for the great video sir!! For those who think to themselves: "I'm not going to make one so why watch it?" Well on every one of Matt's videos you'll learn something that can be applied to your everyday project, there's a lot of insight and wisdom and also experience. Also, Matt is not the kind of guy that'll tell you that you have to buy his course on his web page to see all the do's and don'ts crap, he'll give you all you need to know in his videos. It's great to see how much your channel has grown since I suscribed, I believe we where like 90K suscribers. I've learnt a lot and have grown my skills in the process also. Thanks again, and as always excellent content!!

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Your comment is my 'favorite comment of the day' Benjamin! Thanks for taking the time for posting it here... much appreciated! Makes me wish you were in charge of setting the KZbin algorithm because, the way it is set up, I totally understand why other content producers are migrating to the 'his course on his web page' format: long videos 'don't sell' nearly as well. It's grateful viewers like you who keep me doin' what I'm doin though... Best, Matt

[@Tripring2000]

Matt, another fabulous presentation. I appreciate your in-depth explanation on these projects. Going to try my hand at building one of these.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Thanks... I encourage you to give it a go. It's a great lesson in making and using templates whether you're building a CA Caddy or something entirely different IMHO. Good luck and have fun! Best, Matt

[@edverbic7103]

Thanks Matt, nice job 😉👍

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

You're welcome Ed... thanks for watching and commenting on this one! Best, Matt

[@brentfowler2317]

Great idea on the tip cleaner. I always use a safety pin.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Safety pins not a bad idea Brent... I'd fill the tip flat though to push out clogs rather than just expanding the tip... but whatever works is the way to go, right? Best, Matt

[@brentfowler2317]

@@NextLevelCarpentry well said. And get idea, I hadn't thought about the tip expanding. Or filing the tip down. I'll do that just to avoid any issues down the road. Thanks Matt..

[@rce2553]

Well done Matt, nice Caddy build. That special offer looks like a good deal, I will order some. To everyone out there Starbond says keep your CA Glue in the refrigerator and it will last twenty months. Except to Matt, he probably goes through a whole batch of CA Glue in a week , so he is good leaving it out. Cheers Randy Northern CA

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

You're welcome Randy. BTW while I do use a good bit of CA on jobs and in the shop, some bottles do sit around for many months before I use them up. I've never had them 'glom up' from lack of use the way Gorilla Glue and FastCap stuff does and also never refrigerated them. Leaving bottles in the hot shop or inadvertently in the sun for hours on jobsites should punish me with spoiled product for neglectfulness but I've not seen that happen with Starbond. It's one more thing that impresses me with the product. Not that I advise such responsibility for others though and a little bit of care is certainly good advise! Best, Matt

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

No way: another Special Offer for this video? Yes way! For any viewers who want a Caddy for CA Glue to Go but lack the wherewithal to make one out of wood as shown in this video, viewer Dean Perkins was so kind as to model it up for 3D printing. I'm so impressed with his ambition and his model that I've included his link to it on Thingiverse where he's made it available to Makers worldwide: www.thingiverse.com/thing:5024012 Even if you don't download the model file to print or share it you should at least check it out... and consider leaving a note of appreciation for Dean for his time, effort and generosity! Best, Matt

[@kennethlemke9826]

Excellent

[@richardhart7652]

Some really good tips thanks for another interesting video

[@ianpearse4480]

Wow, so cool.

[@wimvangeyt3866]

If you need a hole like that a hair wider? You best do it your way, because often i used a big machine to saw a hair of wood off of a side, just to see after that that it was too much and it wont be correct anymore. So take 10 minutes of sanding or filing so you get the snug fit and be happy afterwards in place of frustrated ;)

[@FearsomeWarrior]

I picked out snacks to watch this one. When you were at drill press it made your bandsaw height behind it look extremely low. Didn’t look low when using it but looked like you’re sitting at it. I ditched the spread metal stand to raise my 14 inch bandsaw up a full foot higher. I’m tall I guess but I can’t even see or hold anything that low. Wonder what other sorts of caddies people come up with using same ideas. I could see myself making a very handsome tape dispenser.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Thanks for watching and commenting! I have the drillpress table raised rather high to shorten the quill stroke needed to repeatedly drill holes in relatively thin material which makes the bandsaw look extra low. I usually sit on a stool at the bandsaw when cutting smallish parts. The table height is good for most larger/longer stuff like re-sawing so I wouldn't want it higher unless I never did bigger stuff. Good on you for ditching a dysfunctional stand... that's a bit of beneficial outside the box thinking that makes your workflow better and safer. I do hope viewers extrapolate the template/router method shown for making this caddy to other useful stuff since I don't imagine many really need/want a CA specific caddy like this one. Best, Matt

[@FearsomeWarrior]

@@NextLevelCarpentry Makes sense, holding the material just above the hip to hold a larger piece and use the body to hold it steady. Thank you for the thoughtful reply.

[@garryjohnson5310]

Mastered again

[@Grassy20]

Love it

[@RichieRich845]

👍👌 use some petroleum gel on the nozzle to stop the lid from sticking and to stop the nozzle from getting clogged. Thanks I enjoy watch a master carpenter at work.

[@edmastin74]

Around 4:25 you mention 3/4 " diameter circles, yet you set the compass to that, which is the radius.

[@pirakoXX]

23:40 "Cover the chip's surface with CA glue and --- hold it firm for 10 seconds" ... and if you use your fingers to hold this small chip/thingy firmly together, and you've used just a tiny little too much glue, don't just take the words from others, but you can easily learn by yourself how amazingly strong this glue is! Metal, glass, plastic, skin, wood, etc. this glue holds things together for a very long time. At times, even too long...!! 😉

[@smatt566]

Hey! love your video. Do you have any technics to sharpen the frostner drill bits? I have one really dull and i dont know how to sharpen it.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

The geometry and machining on Forstner bits is so precise, complex and delicate that, beyond a little touch up with fine files, I'm afraid that the only practical solution is bit replacement Matias...

[@VACatholic]

Your drafting is amazing. I'd probably take the lazy way out and print something out and trace it, lol.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

I don't think that's such a bad idea, after all, I've long said that "laziness is efficient intelligence" Best, Matt

[@VACatholic]

@@NextLevelCarpentry yeah but a little exercise never killed anyone, and it helps to stay fresh. Thanks for the ideas!

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

@@VACatholic Youbetcha... might even make high school geometry teachers proud to see some of what they toiled to teach actually 'stuck', right? 😎

[@VACatholic]

@@NextLevelCarpentry haha great point, I'll show my sister, she'll get a kick out of it.

[@rjsprojects]

Fellow American here. While I’m certainly comfortable working with inches, I usually switch to metric or decimal thousandths when I see a figure like 23/32nds. Your proficiency is impressive but some of us aren’t willing to spend a lifetime getting THAT GOOD at fractional inch measurements. 😄

[@FearsomeWarrior]

The trick is to mix them like many industries. Keep everyone guessing.

[@jbwonfire4God]

Another American here that loves metric for layout....I do indeed mix it up!

[@daveklein2826]

It's not hard at all

[@MrWallyrooster]

Can you use C.A. glue to attach bull's horns to the hood of a Cadillac??

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

It's great stuff but I wouldn't trust it in a metal to metal application like that...

[@didz2064]

Just ordered a set! Do you have a coupon code for Lintz Brothers Pizza? 😆

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Sadly I'm just a very small fish in a very large pond and they don't even know who I am there, despite my persistent plugging of their Soon to be World Famous pizzas... Starbond, on the other hand, makes for a mutually beneficial collaboration... go figure?

[@mejrsiteragovnomat9577]

it's time to redesign those oval bottles to square ones

[@coachwalrus3158]

You might as well do a new router table build video 🤷🏽‍♂️!

[@dtacklind]

Maybe this video will convince Star Bond to use only round bottles.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

I surely hope not: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bny4YqiVat2pjJI

[@daveklein2826]

No reason to

[@dtacklind]

I don't have time to make things like this. I'm to busy watching baseball.

[@bobd.]

Funny, I've never found the time to watch baseball, always too busy in the shop.

[@MrWallyrooster]

Hey Bro, Do you like anchovies on your Lintz Brothers Pizza?? If so, just keep an eye on your daily sodium intake.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

I don't like anchovies on ANYTHING, much less a pizza! That's blasphemy in my book! 🤣

[@smatt566]

You are so funny

[@freightshayker]

CA glue ... to the rescue

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

You know it, David! Thx...

[@johnyb9884]

You’ve either been married 40years+ or 40 times. Ha. I love your videos. Wish I was 1/2 as fastidiousness as you, Sir. I watched to the end to the end to the end…

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

Curious what the markers are for someone who's 'either been married 40 years + or 40 times'🤔 It's a catchy statement but I'm not sure if it's a compliment or not😂 Thanks for watching to the end of the end of the end! Best, Matt

[@rickcimino5483]

I can hear your detractors now.....why waste so much time and effort making something to hold glue with when you could easily just put them in a plastic bin and carry them that way? Well, because that would not be NLC! The whole point of this channel, it seems to me, is to learn to do things through projects we may never do because the skills can transfer to other things we may actually do. Oh, and one last thing.......has anyone asked you if you're going to do a random giveaway of one of those nifty holders? (you know me....ask once, get a obelisk, ask twice...get a holder)

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

I always brace myself against the detractors you describe, Rick, but, thankfully, I've been spared (so far) on this video... WHEW!! Thanks for your observations on NLC... one understanding comment from someone like you means more to me than 10K views from those who are indifferent or ungrateful. A 'random giveaway' you say... hmmm. 😉😁😎 Best, Matt

[@MrHitchikerOz]

Why do you call it CA glue? CA means Cyanoacrylate Adhesive. So cyanoacrylate adhesive glue sounds weird to me. Technically it's not a glue.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

I suggest you take it up with the makers of Super Glue... one of the first to take cyanoacrylate mainstream. While you're at it you should visit your local supermarket and lecture the produce department manager for putting tomatoes in with the vegetables instead of with the fruit which is technically classified as... 😜

[@daveklein2826]

Probably because it is called CA glue. LMAO

[@woodbeeturnings]

CA is the abbreviation for CyanoAcrylate.

[@holdemNE1]

0:30 if you are really that uncoordinated handling glue bottles, I don't think I want you working in my house.

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

If you're really so gullible as to think a bit of theatrics indicates behavior, I not only don't think, but I'm thoroughly convinced, I would avoid being anywhere near your house, much less working in it! 🤣

[@holdemNE1]

@@NextLevelCarpentry At a boy

[@NextLevelCarpentry]

@@holdemNE1 ... you mean 'atta', don't you%