edge glueing

**SAISAY** · 18th May 2008, 01:29 PM

While we are renovating our kitchen and bathroom, we quickly ran out of clamps for edgejoining the panels for the doors.
Was a PITA to keep the panels flat too.
So we resorted to the age old trick of wedges.
Flat old melamine panel on the benchtop, straight edges screwed to the flat panel sligtly further apart than the width of the door panel.
Another slightly narrower old flat melamine panel on top of the door panel.
Clamp the 3 layers down firmly but not really tight, insert wedges to push the edges tight then tighten the clamps down. We use a sliver of timber to protect from the wedges marking the panels.
It is actually possible to sandwich a few panels on top of each other to make more than one door at the time.
And we didn't have to pay the earth for clamps

On top of that, we can shift the panels if we need to use the benchtops for something else.
Wolffie

**joe greiner** · 18th May 2008, 10:32 PM

Excellent idea, Wolffie. And you probably don't even need to make the wedges. Tapered shims are available in the upover at Lowes and Home Depot. Likely also at Bunnings and such. Look in the doors department. (For fitting door frames).

Joe

**SAISAY** · 19th May 2008, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by joe greiner

Excellent idea, Wolffie. And you probably don't even need to make the wedges. Tapered shims are available in the upover at Lowes and Home Depot. Likely also at Bunnings and such. Look in the doors department. (For fitting door frames).

Joe

Sorry for

but we have a 25 mile round trip to the nearest hardware store so I think it is cheaper to make our own but thanks for the advice anyway.
Wolffie

**joe greiner** · 19th May 2008, 11:22 PM

Yup. That's a long haul for a single purchase. Might work for a major buying expedition, though. As a pack rat, I have a few packages stockpiled for such applications, and I don't expect to ever install a door frame.

Joe

**SAISAY** · 20th May 2008, 10:39 AM

Thought I would show how the panels turned out
Pic 1 shows the panels glued up with 1 top panel removed
Pic 2 shows a close-up of the wedging
Pic 3 shows the wedges and the shims we use for different size panels
Pic 4 shows the finished panels standing on the edge, pretty flat aya?
Pic 5 shows the sled I made for the thicknesser to make all the stiles same width by standing them on edge
Pic 6 shows and end view if the sled, I found the wider boards would be projected forward ahead of the others so I fitted a stop panel at the end of the sled.
I am pretty pleased with the way it worked out.
Wolffie

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