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Title: I cut my CP tmolding slots with a table saw. Need Help
Post by: Demon-Seed on July 30, 2004, 07:43:33 pm: Hello
I had no slots on my control panel for tmolding, so my construction brother used a table say! It actually worked well.... the only thing is it is a tad too wide....so I need to glue the tmoulding... what type of glue should one use? panel is wood.

thanks
JIM
Title: Re:I cut my CP tmolding slots with a table saw. Need Help
Post by: paigeoliver on July 30, 2004, 07:51:48 pm: You might have to nail it in with thin little nails actually.
Title: Re:I cut my CP tmolding slots with a table saw. Need Help
Post by: photorock on July 30, 2004, 08:03:35 pm: Glue (carpenters glue I think) the slot and like paigeoliver said nail it. Probable the best aproach is to test fit the t-molding first, then apply glue to the grove, finally shot a staple or nail/s at one end apply the t-molding keeping it tight and lastly shot another staple or nail into the other end. That should do it until the glue dries.
Title: Re:I cut my CP tmolding slots with a table saw. Need Help
Post by: paigeoliver on July 30, 2004, 08:09:44 pm: Yes, to be more specific, put wood glue in yr slot, then nail the molding in, on the back, stretch it around the panel as tight as you can, then nail it in again in back on the other side. Leave the nails.

From my experience at least half the games I buy will have nails holding in t-molding SOMEWHERE on the cabinet, it is a common repair.
Title: Re:I cut my CP tmolding slots with a table saw. Need Help
Post by: menace on July 30, 2004, 11:09:46 pm: squirt hot glue in the slot as you push it in around corners and a little on the straight-aways--will hold it just fine.
Title: Re:I cut my CP tmolding slots with a table saw. Need Help
Post by: Tilzs on July 31, 2004, 01:04:45 am: Before anyone tries this because someone else made it work, I want to alert everyone that it isn't the safest procedure. Safety first, not buying a cheap $60 router isn't worth loseing a body part over. Please review all saftey procedures on your power tools.
Title: Re:I cut my CP tmolding slots with a table saw. Need Help
Post by: MonitorGuru on July 31, 2004, 09:56:58 pm: Get the premixed putty-in-tub... a couple bucks, and dont have to worry about mixing/etc.. It dries pretty quickly so you can easily get the moulding in, and TAPE it with masking tape and overnight the putty will dry and hold it in, all without needing to put in ugly nails.
Title: Re:I cut my CP tmolding slots with a table saw. Need Help
Post by: allroy1975 on July 31, 2004, 10:01:44 pm: Quote from: menace on July 30, 2004, 11:09:46 pm
squirt hot glue in the slot as you push it in around corners and a little on the straight-aways--will hold it just fine.

Yep, that's what I did. Worked like a champ.

If any glue accidentally squeezes out the side, after it's dried, just get a razor blade and cut it off.

:)

Allroy
Title: Re:I cut my CP tmolding slots with a table saw. Need Help
Post by: GMZombie on August 02, 2004, 12:18:36 am: i got a better solution to your problem as when i had my dad...he was helping me build a mame machine for one of his friends and it was his first time using a router...i thought to myself this guy does everything in the world for woodworking and sxit like that so why dosent he know how to use a router...to get back to the point i had some spots that were wider than others. So i had some extra t molding and i cut the bottom of the t molding off and put it into the slot. then i put my normal tmolding in the slot also with some wood glue and pushed it into a nice tight setup.