View Full Version : Beginner dovetail glue up/planing question
Gabe Shackle
01-09-2013, 4:31 PM
After getting the joints nice and tight on a box, do you typically glue first and then plane them smooth? It's a pull out drawer that has through dovetails in the back and half-blind on the front. Thanks!
Chris Griggs
01-09-2013, 4:35 PM
Glue first than plane. If you plane before glue up the joint will have some movement in it and you'll need to plane again to get everything smooth and flush after glue up anyway.
Brian Kent
01-09-2013, 6:28 PM
Glue first then plane.
What Chris said
Mark Dinterman
01-21-2013, 9:31 PM
Yep, glue then plane.
Jim Matthews
01-22-2013, 8:19 AM
Glue first.
Bash into roughly square shape.
Allow to twist in poorly ventilated woodshop.
Step on in darkness, when turning on light.
Reglue fragments.
Plane into shape.
Enter in "fine furnishings" contest as Deconstructed Rococo assemblage.
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