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| hulkster:
well thats the obvious solution, but how can you clamp something like that? i mean, the two pieces of wood are pretty big, and theres nothing to clamp on to. |
| tmasman:
First of all, don't set it back more than half an inch... I'd probably shoot for 1/4"... To do that easily, find some wood, or metal, or whatever, that is the thickness that you want the center piece offset inward... [*]Lay that on a clean flat surface (like the garage floor). [*]Lay your front panel on that material. [*]Stand your sides up on that flat surface. [*]Clamp the sides to the front panel & look it over to make sure everything is lined up the way you like & want it. [*]Remove the clamps. [*]Apply glue to the surfaces that require it. [*]Put the clamps back in place [*]Put angle about 1 small bracket every 8 inches or so. (Or nails through the sides, or whatever) [*]Leave the clamps in place until the glue is completely cured [*]If at all possible, put the front & back panels on at the same time to keep from having to move things around too much later on... [/list] I'm refering to these types of clamps (or anything similar). Good luck! |
| G@M3FR3@K:
--- Quote from: hulkster081 on March 10, 2004, 09:23:49 pm ---well thats the obvious solution, but how can you clamp something like that? i mean, the two pieces of wood are pretty big, and theres nothing to clamp on to. --- End quote --- Why not use a 3/4" Steel Bar Clamp Fixture or even a 1/2" Steel Bar Clamp Fixture. You can use any length of pipe you need (making the clamp as long or short as you want) and they are a lot stronger than the type tmasman posted above. My father owns a cabinet shop and these are the type of clamps they use to assemble the cabinets. They are also available in different profiles such as this one: |
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