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.
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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rem26_art@fedia.io · 57 pts · 1y
i swear that trees were invented by clamp companies to sell more clamps
Hux@lemmy.ml · 22 pts · 1y
qwertilliopasd@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
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.
Trollception@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
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.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 1y
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y
I have about ten clamps in my shop ...... and I don't even do any regular woodworking.
Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com · 11 pts · 1y
He who dies with the most clamps wins
VinS@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
3 squeeze squeeze clamp and a little Brad nailer
Trollception@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 1y
Who tf puts padlocks on interior furniture. That looks like it won't belong in a shed or a saw movie.
VinS@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
There's a theft problem in the neighborhood. Postman put the package and lock it after. It's in the front porch as you can see.
Trollception@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Okay that makes a lot of sense lol ..
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Wat? I just use glue and a brad gun.
metaStatic@kbin.earth · 7 pts · 1y
how many thousands of boxes to break even?
grue@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
When making non-standard size boxes it only takes one, because having it made custom is expensive as hell.
bluGill@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
OR when you want better quality than the standard boxes you can buy anywhere. (ie boxes that last more than a month)
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
They should make wood that clamps itself but I bet Big Clamp would have something to say about that
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Dovetails go brrr
bluGill@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y
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.
badbytes@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Just watched an old New Yankee episode, where Norm built a cabinet of similar dimensions, and he used roughly similar amounts. Good work.
Trollception@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Nah the right way is to load the puppy up with as many staples, brads and screws that she can take.
/s
Jesusaurus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
"Required" may be a bit of a stretch here...
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
Better make sure you keep those kinds of comments to yourself around my partner
SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
proper use of "number"