It is currently 29 Mar 2024, 02:58
stephen.wood125 wrote:OK, glued up.
Didn't get any worthwhile pictures due to only having one pair of hands.
It basically went as follows; place base on workbench, insert two dividers. Apply glue to mitres on back and sides including 'loose tenons'. Dump back and sides onto base and align/knock together.
Insert tenons into the top and glue up.
jiggle, swear, pray, pry sides slightly away from back, jiggle more/
Most crucial step is realising you don't own enough clamps.
Anyhow, I got the joints cinched together as well as possible checked it was square and will check it in the morning.
Probably someone competent would have done it differently/better. I had to keep telling myself it's just for a table saw and not furniture for the house.
I'm reading the excellent posts on Sketchup so I can try to illustrate what I tried to produce.
DaveL wrote:If you have an Aldi store near to you, keep an eye on their weekly offers. They have sets of F clamps, 4 or 5 for ~£10, they or not Bessy class but are very usable, I have 5 or 6 sets now, I bought set each time they came round.
9fingers wrote:One tip for glue ups.
Things can get a bit traumatic with glue starting to go off before you have everything ready and together.
Consider just applying glue to a portion of the joints/biscuits/doms etc and leave the rest dry.
After an hour or so in the clamps, you can take the dry fitted parts off and glue them. It takes a little longer but less stressful. Just remember to think through which parts you glue so you can get it apart again to glue the rest.
Bob
stephen.wood125 wrote:
Ha! good to hear, part of my day job involves explaining trig and it's usage to map symbols in a constellation for digital modulation (plenty of j numbers etc ) and I confess to loving learning anything I can about Maths and Physics
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