66 – Gadget Station (9 of 12)

Video - October 9, 2008

In this video, I glue the back panel strips to the shelves, add an extra ebony adornment with a slot-cutting bit, and give a relatively lengthy tutorial on chopping the resulting mortise nice and square. I finish up by creating the ebony strips for the front of the top and bottom case pieces and then I finally glue the case together.

Discussion

Jeff October 9, 2008 6:37 am

Marc,

Nice work. One quick question. When applying blue tape around the joints, do you run into problems getting the tape to come off? Also, do you put blue tape close to the mortise or do you put tape where the shelf will contact the side? Do you take the tape off as soon as the clamps are off? Seems I struggle with this for some reason.

Thanks,

Jeff

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Woodmeister2 October 9, 2008 6:51 am

Marc, why epoxy and not titebond or a yellow glue?

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Steve October 9, 2008 7:07 am

Hey Marc,
Discovered your show a few weeks ago. Great stuff! Glue up is the most stressfull part of a project for me and your right, no one ever shows the process. I’m glad you didn’t edit that out. BTW – is that a flame job on your powermatic? Nice! Did you notice your wife start to walk into the shop, see you taping and duck back inside – classic : )

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thewoodwhisperer October 9, 2008 8:33 am

Hey Jeff. Sometimes I will run into issues getting the tape off after the glue dries. Usually a card scraper excels at removing the offending material. But in many cases I will remove the tape before the glue completely sets. You just have to be careful not to let any bit blobs of glue get on the wood. As far as placement goes, I put tape just outside of all the glue surfaces (Im not sure I understand that part of your question exactly). In some cases, it is easier to apply the tape during a dry fit so that you can be absolutely sure you are getting all the right spots taped up, and no tape will accidentally be in the way.

Woomeister. I thought I addressed that in the video. Either way, the reason is working time. During complex glueups, I prefer a glue that gives me a lot of working time so I can get things just right. Yellow glue just sets up way too fast for me in a glueup like this.

Steve, Yes that is indeed a flame job, lol. Its a PM Custom saw. You know Nicole and I were laughing about that little shot of her peeking out into the shop and we wondered if anyone would even notice. She did good though. She saw I was working and ducked back in, lol.

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MaD-DaRiUs October 10, 2008 6:16 pm

Hey Marc,
The gadget station is looking amazing! I hope that I too will be able to make cabinets that beautiful in time.
I just had one comment about checking cabinets for square. In my woodworking program the teachers have stressed that you should never use a square(comb/try/etc) for checking the inside corners, since the clamps could have distorted the sides/top/bottom enough that it would give you a false reading. Instead they tell us to use a squaring rod (a good use for some thin scrapwood!) or to measure the diagonals with a tape measure. What do you think?

Thanks,
Ian

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Marian Kuiters October 10, 2008 6:38 pm

Hi Marc,
Discovered your site a few weeks ago. I am new to all this ,so don’t as yet have any questions. I enjoy your podcasts and find them very informative. I am very impressed with your emphasis on safety!

Look forward to your newsletter and further projects.

Marian

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Roland October 15, 2008 10:34 am

Hi Marc,

I haven’t visited your site for a while. I just watched a couple of your latest videos about the gadget station and I am anxious to see more. I love watching the progress of various woodworking projects, but I think that you are among the best at telling the story.

I am in the middle of finally putting together an assembly table thanks to your videos. It has a different base than yours, but you definitely helped me get the ball rolling. Maybe I’ll send a few images when I get further along.

Thanks again,
Roland

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Ludovic March 14, 2011 2:10 pm

Hi Marc,

You said that you use epoxy glue because of working time, in opposition with yellow glue.

Here in france, our “everyday” wood glue is white, and is said “vinylic glue” (not sur that it is translated that way !!).
This “white” glue comes in two flavors : the slow one, and the fast one !
I think that the slow one gives as much time as epoxy, so my question is : what is your yellow glue ? Do you have the same “white glue” we do ?

Thanks again for your shows, they’re awesome !!

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- thewoodwhisperer March 14, 2011 10:47 pm
  
  We do have a white glue that is a little looser and has a longer open time. The yellow tends to dry a little quick and its usually thicker as well. So I don’t know if its the same stuff you guys have. But it definitely doesn’t give me as much working time as my epoxy.
  
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Alex January 13, 2013 1:30 am

Why glue the shelves – couldn’t they just “float” in the dados?

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66 – Gadget Station (9 of 12)

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