The number of clamps required to glue up a simple box
The number of clamps required to glue up a simple box
Could have sworn I had more 6" & 24" trigger clamps for stuff like this
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i swear that trees were invented by clamp companies to sell more clamps
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A couple years ago I got a handful of F clamps for christmas.
My wife: "I thought you already have clamps"
Me: "Yes, I do. But not enough."
Wife: "How many is enough?"
Me: "One more than I have."
Also a little 18ga brad nailer makes those glueups way easier.
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Not true for plywood in my experience. You will never get as tight of a glue up using only brads/pins as you would with clamps and a mechanical fastener. Screws yes but I don't think brads have the holding power to prevent any gaps from forming during the glue up process.
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I have about ten clamps in my shop ...... and I don't even do any regular woodworking.
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He who dies with the most clamps wins
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Wat? I just use glue and a brad gun.
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how many thousands of boxes to break even?
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When making non-standard size boxes it only takes one, because having it made custom is expensive as hell.
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OR when you want better quality than the standard boxes you can buy anywhere. (ie boxes that last more than a month)
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They should make wood that clamps itself but I bet Big Clamp would have something to say about that
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Dovetails go brrr
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There are lots of self clamping joints. They are a lot more work than glue+clamps so they are not common. However when it really has to stay then a joint without glue at all will be best.
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Just watched an old New Yankee episode, where Norm built a cabinet of similar dimensions, and he used roughly similar amounts. Good work.
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Nah the right way is to load the puppy up with as many staples, brads and screws that she can take.
/s
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proper use of "number"
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"Required" may be a bit of a stretch here...
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Better make sure you keep those kinds of comments to yourself around my partner
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