Rick Potter
07-08-2012, 8:37 PM
This is probably not news for a lot of owners of his T&G cabinetmaking set, but I thought I would mention that several changes exist between old videos and new ones.
Don't remember when I gought the T&G set, but the video that came with it is dated 2003. I just ordered the 10 video set from Sommerfeld Tools web site, and the T&G video is dated 2008.
Some changes old owners may not be aware of:
The old video used a lot of pocket screws in various places including cabinet ends.
The new video uses them only for face frames, and he clamps the cabinet ends while the glue sets.
The old video mentions just cutting grooves on two sides of the rails, for interchangeability.
The new one just uses one groove.
The old video had pocket holes co-habiting with grooves on the rails.
The new one does pocket holes first and then stops the grooves short on all the rails.
The worst part of the old system was changing the depth for pocket screws going through the cabinet sides into face frames. There were several ways to do this, depending on where the sides were placed, what offset you wanted, and trying to hide the screws. It was a real pain.
Anyway, the new system that most of you probably are familiar with is much streamlined, using a minimum of pocket screws. If anyone has the old video, I highly recommend the new one.
Anyway, these changes were new to me, and I hope this post is of value to owners of the older sets.
Rick Potter
Don't remember when I gought the T&G set, but the video that came with it is dated 2003. I just ordered the 10 video set from Sommerfeld Tools web site, and the T&G video is dated 2008.
Some changes old owners may not be aware of:
The old video used a lot of pocket screws in various places including cabinet ends.
The new video uses them only for face frames, and he clamps the cabinet ends while the glue sets.
The old video mentions just cutting grooves on two sides of the rails, for interchangeability.
The new one just uses one groove.
The old video had pocket holes co-habiting with grooves on the rails.
The new one does pocket holes first and then stops the grooves short on all the rails.
The worst part of the old system was changing the depth for pocket screws going through the cabinet sides into face frames. There were several ways to do this, depending on where the sides were placed, what offset you wanted, and trying to hide the screws. It was a real pain.
Anyway, the new system that most of you probably are familiar with is much streamlined, using a minimum of pocket screws. If anyone has the old video, I highly recommend the new one.
Anyway, these changes were new to me, and I hope this post is of value to owners of the older sets.
Rick Potter