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| Thenasty:
if your cabinet could talk Cab would say 1. "use a glue before you screw" 2. "I fell like I've been screwed a thousand times" 3. "Didn't you screwed me enough ?" 4. "OMG, I see him coming..I'm gonna get screwed again." 5. " Oh great, after he screws me, he's now gonna play with me" |
| NoOne=NBA=:
My rule of thumb is to glue/screw anything I don't want to come apart, and screw/bolt anything I do. I use Elmer's Wood Glue when I need glue on something. It sets up faster than white glue and doesn't have the mess/cleanup hassles of Gorilla Glue/Liquid Nails/etc... |
| SteveJ34:
--- Quote from: Veinman on May 19, 2005, 02:53:23 pm ---Okay....so considering that I have constructed the bulk of my cabinet with no glue, would I notice a problem in...say 5 years? --- End quote --- Probably not. You stated in an earlier post that you feel it to be quite solid. Unless you are gonna move the thing repeatedly, thats the only real point I think you will stress the joints much. Wood glue is a good idea but if you have an internal frame or other support holding the prime joints together, you will likely not encounter an issue in it falling apart on you. |
| Avery:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 19, 2005, 04:00:46 pm ---Gorilla glue is not an appropriate choice... it is made to stand up to the environment.... --- End quote --- I was thinking it was better at dealing with gaps, but a quick look at Fine Woodworkings Big Book of Glue (or whatever they call it) and I see that it's gap filling properties are cosmetic and do not contribute to binding. So, yeah, I guess Elmyr's wood glue would be the better choice. |
| ShinAce:
If I'm building a speaker box, there's no way in hell I would just use screws or nails. I pre-drill all holes(stupid MDF), screw it together to check for fit, then remove the screws. Now I can glue all the joints and screw it back together. That way I can keep working on the box until the glue sets. I always wait overnight, then REMOVE the screws, as they are completely useless once the glue dries. I've carried that tradition over to building joystick boxes. Pre-dill, glue and screw. Only the bottom panel can be removed, and it uses the same 4 screws to hold the rubber feet in place and the panel to the box. So that way, the entire box looks screwless. I even route a 1/2" deep depression for the joystick base and then epoxy it in there. That way, no screws anywhere, the whole box relies purely on glue. |
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