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?
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.
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.
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.
