1002 days ago
by CaptainSkully |
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I was able to squeeze another good day in the shop around work. I ran off to buy some more oak, then got home and planed enough of it down to glue up the stretchers/aprons for the table ends. While the laminations were cooking, I decided to give the BeadLock Pro a whirl.
Having made integral tenons with chiseled mortises, and loose tenons with the router, I have to say this method is considerably easier and faster. First, I was able to cut off the parts to their finished length, without...
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1787 days ago
by ChicoWoodnut |
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I glued up the doors and set in knife hinges this week. Here are a few photos of the process.
First I glued up the doors. I sometimes have problems getting my panels and doors to glue up square so I came up with this simple jig to help with the process. It is nothing more than a couple of jointed sticks clamped square to the bench to keep the assembly square.
Once I have the jig all square and secure I put two strips underneath to keep the sqeeze out from making a mess of the...
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2218 days ago
by gizmodyne |
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Under Pressure
I don’t know about the rest of you, but glue up stresses me out. Even though we had dry fit the doors, I feel that time crunch as soon as I spread the glue.
These doors are only held together by tiny tenons on the left and right beadboard pieces. The process
Set out the clamps and separate the breadboard end to expose the tenons.
Glue the tenons of the outer beadboard
Clamp it
Check for square by measuring across the diagonals
Apply diagonal pressure if n...
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