Terry,
Over time I have tried so many ways to glue blanks and confess freely CA is not one I persisted with due to uncertainty, also I have no idea of the life of Ca. Something I put a lot of time into is brass preparation with sanding strips running them along the blank to in my mind cut deeply and opposite to the stressed direction, choosing glues I like to use a flexible gap filling medium. I had many with CA that stuck too quickly and found it difficult to free myself from as well. So I use other mediums I found epoxy great for small numbers but it seemed to go off too quickly for me even the longer term ones. So its polyurethane for me and I sure check it short time after glueing to prevent any popping out brasses that can occur, mind you I use all glues liberally.
Always in the back of my mind is the uncertainty of how tightly the parts will press do I have to ream ease before pressing any way the result is no splits for me, none let go so my way is a matter of do it when and wait at least 3 to 5 days before turning. Met a man who has turned literally hundreds of thousands who uses the 1/2 hr principle with CA glueing does not rough brass turns exquisite pens to be proud of. I do believe our drier normally climate gives us different results with ca .Great believer in what works for you but I do tend to do batches at a time up to 100. Taking a leaf out of SWMBO I open glue, use sticks to dip and glue spread both surfaces, potatoe in one end cotton buds sometimes.
Kind regards Peter.
