On 8 Apr 2016, at 5:02 PM, John Duggan <john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I would NOT do anything that interfered with the glue joint. Some very strange
reactions can occur.
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On 8 Apr 2016, at 10:57, Wayne Harridge <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I've never heard of that trick before Chuck, I'll have to ask my
cabinetmaker son if he has ! I was actually thinking about that problem 3
days ago when making some repairs to a piece of furniture.
...Wayne
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Subject: [OM] [OT] Some wood working tricks...
I haven't been doing much photography lately for 2 reasons. The first is
that I have a problem with my left leg (that makes it difficult to
sit) and my right heel (that makes it difficult to walk). However, I can
stand pretty well. So instead of walking around taking pictures I've been
busy building the workbench I've been putting off for the past year.
This work bench will have 12 drawers (you can never have too many
drawers) but building good drawers is moderately difficult and I haven't
done any significant woodworking in about 40 years. I'm at the point now
where I've got to start building the drawers and knew I'd do better if I had
some sort of jig. I've been looking around and found these simple jigs on
YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSX2Pp-KdZk>. I haven't tried to
use them yet but just built 4 of them. They also went together with glue
and screws easier than I'm used to due to the next tip.
From the same guy (in another video) I also learned this very simple but
very useful tip. Have you ever been frustrated by the slippery nature of
wood glue when trying to nail or screw 2 parts together with glue in
between? The 2 pieces want to slip-slide around and it's difficult to
maintain precise positioning even with clamps. The solution is table salt.
Just sprinkle a *little* bit on the glued area.
You'll find that it works like sand on ice. Those little salt granules
will grip both pieces and help hold them where you want them.
Chuck Norcutt
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