Todd Burch
07-02-2004, 8:11 PM
No, I don't mean how to glue up a 48" panel with a 24" clamp, but how to get twice the bang for your clamp buck with a little thinking.
I'm working on some oak cabinet doors and drawer fronts to matching a client's existing cabinetry. They are picture-frame style, with a 2" wide by 1½" thick mitered frame and a 3/4" thick plywood panel set into a rabbet from the back. The client's existing doors have some gaps where the panel was not held tight against the frame when they were made. See the first photo. (Mine don't! :) )
I was using C-clamps to glue up each front by itself, and that was working fine, but using 6 C-clamps per front, I ran out quick! See second photo. I could have cut cauls to spread their force out.
For the remaining fronts, I got smart and glued up two at a time, back-to-back, (see photo 3) using scraps of plywood between the drawer fronts to place pressure on the plywood panel and not the frame. (Photo 4)
Doing it this way, I used 1/2 the number of clamps I had been using and gained productivity since I was was clamping once per two fronts instead of once per front.
Hopefully, someone can use this technique if you are a little shy on clamps during your next glue up.
Todd
I'm working on some oak cabinet doors and drawer fronts to matching a client's existing cabinetry. They are picture-frame style, with a 2" wide by 1½" thick mitered frame and a 3/4" thick plywood panel set into a rabbet from the back. The client's existing doors have some gaps where the panel was not held tight against the frame when they were made. See the first photo. (Mine don't! :) )
I was using C-clamps to glue up each front by itself, and that was working fine, but using 6 C-clamps per front, I ran out quick! See second photo. I could have cut cauls to spread their force out.
For the remaining fronts, I got smart and glued up two at a time, back-to-back, (see photo 3) using scraps of plywood between the drawer fronts to place pressure on the plywood panel and not the frame. (Photo 4)
Doing it this way, I used 1/2 the number of clamps I had been using and gained productivity since I was was clamping once per two fronts instead of once per front.
Hopefully, someone can use this technique if you are a little shy on clamps during your next glue up.
Todd