Popular Woodworking 2005-04 № 147, страница 16
The Toughest Glue On Planet Earth Gorilla Glue is the versatile, interior/exterior adhesive ideal for most household fixes and building projects: furniture repair, crafts, woodworking, and general repairs around the house. Bonds wood, stone, metal, ceramic & more! Incredibly strong and 100% waterproof. REQUEST YOUR FREE INFORMATION KIT! www.gorillaglue.com 1-800-966-3458 CIRCLE NO. 122 ON FREE INFORMATION CARD. Q & A Clamping Strategies For Flat Panels Alternate clamps over and under panel Are There Tricks to Gluing up Panels So They End Up Flat? What is the best way to edge-glue wood to make medium to large panels? Are there special clamps that you use ? I can't make the parts all come to the same height or I end up with a bow in the panel. Any help or advice you can give on tools, clamps or anything would be a big help. Paul Cantrell via the Internet Probably the most important thing is to be sure that the surface you are working on is flat. I find it effective to rip some strips of scrap wood about 11/2 " wide, and a few inches longer than the fin-ishedpanel's width. I place these every 12" to 16", and lay the parts for the panel on them. This way you can easily place clamps both over and under the panel. If all of your clamps are on one side of the panel only, the pressure from the clamps can cause the panel to bend. You also might want to try clamping two straight boards across each end, sandwiching the panel between, to keep the panels flat. Once you have your clamps across the board fairly tight, you can take a rubber mallet and smack the boards into alignment. Just about any variety of bar clamp can produce good work; the more expensive parallel-jaw clamps make it easier to keep things flat as you apply pressure. — Robert W. Lang, senior editor Clamp ends of panel between straight scraps to keep individual boards from sliding during clamping Finding a Workbench Plan And Southern Yellow Pine The cabinet on the cover of issue 145 (""Arts & Crafts Tool Cabinet" December 2004) has been added to my "will do" list. However, the workbench below it also continued on page 16 WRITE TO US Every day we get questions from readers on all subjects about their woodworking. Some are letters; many are e-mail messages. We are more than happy to share our woodworking experience with you by answering your questions or adding some clarity to whatever aspect of the craft you are unsure about. In addition to the hundreds we answer privately every month, we want to share the best questions here with readers. Send your questions via e-mail to popwood@fwpubs.com, or by mail to: Q&A • Popular Woodworking 4700 E. Galbraith Road Cincinnati, OH 45236 14 Popular Woodworking April 2005 |
