Glue pot failure almost ruined a $400 leather project Sunday night

I was doing a fine binding in dark blue goat leather, the one I'd been saving for months. My glue pot decided to overheat right as I was about to paste out the spine piece, and the whole batch of PVA turned into this lumpy stringy mess. I had to scrape it off and start over with a fresh batch, but by then the leather had already started drying out a bit and curling at the edges. Ended up having to recut a new piece from the hide because the first one was too stiff to work cleanly. The whole thing added about 45 minutes and I was cussing under my breath the entire time. So here's the debate - do you stick with a cheap glue pot that's done you fine for years but could betray you, or do you drop $80 on a temperature controlled one? Has anyone else had a glue pot cook their batch at the worst possible moment?

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tessa_rivera29m ago

Damn, the leather was already curling on you? That's brutal, I'd have been ready to throw the whole pot out the window.