|
|
Cabinet Assembly: Clamping for Screwing Butt Joints
Question
Forum Responses
From contributor D: I'm with contributor I on that one. Take some 1" staples to hold the parts in place and start screwing and gluing. From contributor J: My method takes a bit longer but it works well for me. For Euro cabinetry I build my base cabinets 30' high and use ladder frames. This makes it very easy to go through the whole stack of parts with my biscuit jointer in a short amount of time. Then when I'm ready to assemble I glue in the biscuits and screw through the sides into the top and bottom of the box. I use #8 x 2" screws from McFeeley's which work very well, especially when using the impact driver. If it's a finished side, I'll pocket screw through the top and bottom into the side from the outside of the box. From contributor P: I clamp with quick clamps, then screw with Confirmats. I've predrilled guide holes in the sides. It's done with my line boring machine set to make that line of holes in the middle of the 3/4 top and bottom of the cabinet. I use five confirmats for a base cabinet and three for a wall cabinet. No glue. There's no way that cabinet will come apart unless the melamine breaks around the screw. Just one way of many. From contributor D: I use confirmats when using applied ends and Minifix for shared panels and when there's no applied end. I use a bit of Roo glue and no clamps during assembly. With confirmats you can tweak part alignment with a hammer and the glue insures the parts stay where you want them. It doesn't take much, so squeeze-out can be avoided. Minifix in 7mm holes are like dowels, almost zero tweak-ability (a coarse rat-tail file will work in a pinch). From contributor S: I recently switched over from staple and screw to dowel (Hoffmann PDS 32) and glue and it has been faster and easier to assemble and obtain proper alignment with the boxes. From contributor P: With no applied end, and I don't want any fasteners to show, I use biscuits and then clamp the end to the box. Would you like to add information to this article? Interested in writing or submitting an article? Have a question about this article? Have you reviewed the related Knowledge Base areas below? 
|
