Joe Unni
04-23-2005, 7:40 AM
Hey all,
Just a quick review and a question...
GluBot - by FastTrack - This is by far the best glue bottle I've used. Besides having different tips and the ability to suck the glue back in the bottle upon release (thus preventing drips), you never, ever have to wait for the glue to get to the tip even when there is not a lot left in the bottle. A huge time saver. I got very familiar with the bottle whilst using...
The Miller Dowel System. Another fantastic product. Some of you may remember about the laminate covered tables that I was contracted to build with on of the requirements being that they contain no metal fasteners. As biscuits would involve lots of clamps and wait time I settled on Miller. A quick call to the company yielded the following helpful hints:
Ensure the top shoulder of the drill bit lands somewhere around halfway through the top piece of stock that you're joining.
Use air (canned or compressed) to clean out the hole after drilling. There's no room for any chips and you'll know almost immediately upon driving the dowel home - because you won't be able to. I used a basketball needle on the end of my air hose inserted into the hole as recommended.
A small ribbon of glue spread on the ribbed portion of the dowel is all that is needed. Actually, less is better. Too much glue can blow out the joint.
Don't beat the junk out of the dowel. A few firm blows is all it takes. You can actually hear when the dowel is seated properly
Thanks to Philip at Miller for the above info. I followed them all and this system worked flawlessly. The sinching power of thes dowels is amazing. I glued the joint, clamped, drilled my holes, removed clamps, moved to the next. I had to do this 118 time to the tune of 500+ dowels.
That's when a truly experienced the monotony. I listened to the radio and thought about up coming projects. And while sanding smooth (about 2 whole days worth) all of the surfaces flush preparing for the p-lam application and having donned earplugs (thus no radio) I thought basic task and kept a list close by and jotted them down as thought of them.
I guess that's one of the not-so-fun things about doing multiples of any project.
What do you guys do?
Sorry so long winded.
-joe
Just a quick review and a question...
GluBot - by FastTrack - This is by far the best glue bottle I've used. Besides having different tips and the ability to suck the glue back in the bottle upon release (thus preventing drips), you never, ever have to wait for the glue to get to the tip even when there is not a lot left in the bottle. A huge time saver. I got very familiar with the bottle whilst using...
The Miller Dowel System. Another fantastic product. Some of you may remember about the laminate covered tables that I was contracted to build with on of the requirements being that they contain no metal fasteners. As biscuits would involve lots of clamps and wait time I settled on Miller. A quick call to the company yielded the following helpful hints:
Ensure the top shoulder of the drill bit lands somewhere around halfway through the top piece of stock that you're joining.
Use air (canned or compressed) to clean out the hole after drilling. There's no room for any chips and you'll know almost immediately upon driving the dowel home - because you won't be able to. I used a basketball needle on the end of my air hose inserted into the hole as recommended.
A small ribbon of glue spread on the ribbed portion of the dowel is all that is needed. Actually, less is better. Too much glue can blow out the joint.
Don't beat the junk out of the dowel. A few firm blows is all it takes. You can actually hear when the dowel is seated properly
Thanks to Philip at Miller for the above info. I followed them all and this system worked flawlessly. The sinching power of thes dowels is amazing. I glued the joint, clamped, drilled my holes, removed clamps, moved to the next. I had to do this 118 time to the tune of 500+ dowels.
That's when a truly experienced the monotony. I listened to the radio and thought about up coming projects. And while sanding smooth (about 2 whole days worth) all of the surfaces flush preparing for the p-lam application and having donned earplugs (thus no radio) I thought basic task and kept a list close by and jotted them down as thought of them.
I guess that's one of the not-so-fun things about doing multiples of any project.
What do you guys do?
Sorry so long winded.
-joe