Hey All,
probably not the right forum but I could not find a better one
Any of you guys that are building your own drawer boxes using a clamping system to assemble them. We are spending a ridiculous amount of time in the assembly stage. I was looking at clamping machines but not sure how well they will work with this type of joinery?
Anyone?
Thanks,
Chris
Drawer Box Clamp?
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Re: Drawer Box Clamp?
Hi Chris, we use our Ritter case clamp after the loose assembly by hand. I'm collecting odd parts to build a smaller simpler easel clamp for this. It will allow for the parts to be set in place and then clamped together in a single stroke. The main challenge with any type clamp is alignment of all the joints before clamping.
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Re: Drawer Box Clamp?
You didn't mention if you were doing dovetails or not. But if you are just make them a little tight and they are self clamping. If not, squeeze clamps are nice and quick.
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Re: Drawer Box Clamp?
I have a JLT drawer box clamp that works great for our doweled boxes. Found it on eBay and got a good deal on it. It will work for dovetailed boxes too.