Preparing Staghorn Sumac glue, with a "prehistoric" micro stove

[gotrocksinhead]

im enjoying your vids! what do you put in your pitch to make glue?

[freejutube]

@gotrocksinhead

Thanks; I enjoy your vids too ;

In this video I don't add anything to the resin : just heat it (too much, I'm afraid), take away the big pieces of extraneous material (like bark, but not the other impurities). With pine resin, I add charcoal and beeswax, but with staghorn sumac resin it doesn't seem necessary. (I've only found a few staghorn sumacs producing resin, in small amounts : no generalization possible).

[gotrocksinhead]

@freejutube Very interesting. We only have staghorn sumac as an ornamental bush. It does not grow naturally here. I like your stove too! cool stuff. Dan

[TheTribeOfBenjamin]

Very nice! Great Ideas!. That sumac resin is some sticky stuff. Thanks for posting

[MiWilderness]

I'm going to be looking closer at our sumacs, staghorn and smooth, and see if I can find this resin too, as it looks pretty good. Our sumac trunks are nowhere near that diameter though, so I don't know if they'll be oozing or not. Thanks for sharing this.

[steintanz]

Very nice to see such primitive skills in use. Thanks a lot!

[branni79]

An awesome vid marra. thanx for sharing. dave b

[ANXIETOR]

didnt know that about sumac. thanks.

[MiWilderness]

I've never heard of Staghorn sumac resin. Those sumac trees are huge, here they are much much smaller.

[freejutube]

@MiWilderness ; @anxietor

(height of the trees in the video : ~ 4m)

I've not yet found references about this resin, but it seems hyper sticky ! On the internet we find frequently "sumac" associated with "poison" and "dermatitis". Scary, but apparently there is no such risk with Staghorn sumac itself, according to "Poisonous plants: a handbook for doctors, pharmacists, toxicologists".