Jim Peck
06-08-2020, 9:22 PM
I have to make a bunch of Shaker doors for some cabinets at home, but I hate gluing these things up. Too easy (at least for me) to mess up alignment when fitting all the parts together while laying them on pipe clamps.
Got an idea for a glue-up table and wanted to throw it out to the Creek for thoughts. It's one of those things where there's probably something I'm missing. Probably some reason I should chuck this thing out the back door and get the pipe clamps out again.
I started with a 24x48 torsion box I had sitting around (off an old shop cabinet/workbench), so the work area is pretty much dead flat. I drilled 3/4" holes 6" on center, then thoroughly waxed the top so glue won't stick. I fashioned clamps and such ("borrowed" the design from MFT accessories). Below is a photo of the result (apologies--I don't know how to turn it right side up).
Maybe I'll use some cauls across the rails to take care of any lifting that could occur in the joints.
I'll appreciate any thoughts. (Especially why this might be a bad idea!)
Thanks,
Jim
434672
Got an idea for a glue-up table and wanted to throw it out to the Creek for thoughts. It's one of those things where there's probably something I'm missing. Probably some reason I should chuck this thing out the back door and get the pipe clamps out again.
I started with a 24x48 torsion box I had sitting around (off an old shop cabinet/workbench), so the work area is pretty much dead flat. I drilled 3/4" holes 6" on center, then thoroughly waxed the top so glue won't stick. I fashioned clamps and such ("borrowed" the design from MFT accessories). Below is a photo of the result (apologies--I don't know how to turn it right side up).
Maybe I'll use some cauls across the rails to take care of any lifting that could occur in the joints.
I'll appreciate any thoughts. (Especially why this might be a bad idea!)
Thanks,
Jim
434672