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Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - DieselDennis - 01-15-2016
I'm about to start assembling some shaker style cabinet doors.
I always see the cabinet door clamp sets with two clamps going one way and the other two clamps going the other. I can see the reason to clamp the sides, but what is the reason to clamp it the long way? Keep the outside edges flush? Do you dare put the clamp on the joint and risk gluing your clamp to the door?
Re: Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - handi - 01-15-2016
I have made literally thousands of cabinet doors over the years. The ONLY time I wise clamps from rail to rail is to set things in place, nudge them into alignment. Usually, I apply a bit of stile to stile pressure and tap with a mallet and block.
Using two clamps per door means I can clamp twice as many at once!
Ralph
Re: Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - jteneyck - 01-15-2016
Shaker style door made with Amana cope and stick router bit set.
Two clamps are all that's needed.
John
Re: Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - BobW - 01-15-2016
+1. I usually make my stiles a bit on the long side and finish the top and bottom off on the edge sander after assembly.
Re: Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - AlanBienlein - 01-16-2016
I only ever used two clamps total to assemble doors. I glue them up and put the door face down in the clamps. I tighten the clamps, check for square, clean the excess glue and put two pin nails from the back into each joint. I remove the door from the clamps and clean the glue squeeze out off the front and set it aside to dry. Repeat the process.
Re: Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - Robert Adams - 01-16-2016
BobW said:
+1. I usually make my stiles a bit on the long side and finish the top and bottom off on the edge sander after assembly.
Same here but I have also made the rails wider on a few occasions and just trimmed the whole panel to size afterwards. Saved me from remaking a door here and here too cause of a goofy cab etc.
Re: Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - Leinie - 01-16-2016
Were they possibly mitered corner doors you were seeing clamped ?
Re: Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - Stwood_ - 01-16-2016
AlanBienlein said:
I only ever used two clamps total to assemble doors. I glue them up and put the door face down in the clamps. I tighten the clamps, check for square, clean the excess glue and put two pin nails from the back into each joint. I remove the door from the clamps and clean the glue squeeze out off the front and set it aside to dry. Repeat the process.
+1
Re: Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - DieselDennis - 01-16-2016
Leinie said:
Were they possibly mitered corner doors you were seeing clamped ?
Could have been. Here's an image for fodder:
Re: Gluing Up Cabinet Doors - Leinie - 01-17-2016
Ok, it's not a mitered corner door- just standard stile and rail
Raise your hand if you do your edge profile before glue up ?
Evidently the guy with that clamp setup does.