Thread: Another basic question

Hi Celeste.

The pros use a nail gun, hold, bang, done.

Maybe you could use some sort of metal bracket to get the timber aligned?

Al

You could clamp and nail.
Or
You could assemble as a T piece and Put the bottom of th T on th floor and Nail into the Top of the T.
Or assemble as a Upside down Squared off U and Nail from the top again.

The non-clamping methods are going to need some balance till you get that first nail in.

Maybe your first nail could be a screw?

This might help to get started.

lpg_falcon.

I'll probably cop flak for this, but if you're not gluing the joints then a dab of hot-melt glue will hold temporarily.

If you use hot glue, make sure the gun is really hot (NO, don't use your finger!) - it takes about 10 minutes for the glue gun to get hot enough to keep the glue fully liquid while the parts are assembled - otherwise it will fall apart at the most inconvenient time - been there, done that

Otherwise, find a really flat surface - such as the driveway - and assemble a couple of the pieces into an "L" shape, then move the 'L' inside & into place. If you make 2 'L's you only have to do 2 joints in place.

It is very handy to have a couple of "L" brackets to clamp to while making the frame up - I have 3 different sets - one set of Rockler plastic, 1 set of 'Jet' spring clamping ones and a set of machined Aluminium ones - the Jet & Ally ones get used the most as the clamps don't slip off.

Admittedly I "inherited" them, so they didn't cost me, but I really find it useful to have an angle clamp... once you have a couple, you often find yourself using them