When clamping long or wide panels with bar clamps, a dowel inserted crosswise between the jaws of the bar clamps and the wood will help center the pressure and keep it uniform. Use dowels about as thick as the thickness of the wood you are gluing up.
Interior designer Leslie Curtis shows off another of her decorating ideas in the dining room. She's chosen to frame a sample of an historic wallpaper pattern. The frames were created by Ron and Tracy Lindholm from Cape Cod Picture Framing. Bob joins Ron and his daughter Tracy in the garage workshop to learn about the process. The first step is to choose moldings that will allow the creation of a rabbet that will hold the glass and the picture. Ron selected a few examples from a local lumberyard. Next, he combines two of the pieces using wood glue and a few nails. After cutting the moldings, he uses a corner clamp to hold the pieces together at a 45 degree angle. To secure the pieces, Ron applies carpenter's glue and a few nails. Once the frame is assembled, Tracy applies an antique finish. After priming the bare wood, she applies two or three coats of gold spray paint. Next, she mixes a combination of paste wax and pigment, such as Japan paint, to age the newly painted surface. Using a damp brush, she stipples a thin layer of the finish on the frame and then wipes away the excess to create highlights.
Keep these things in mind when you need to repair old furniture. First, make sure you've removed all the old glue from the joint. Then check the joint to be sure there are no gaps you need to fill before gluing. Apply your glue, then clasp the joint. Be careful not to bruise the wood; use wooden pads if you need to. Wipe off all the excess glue and allow plenty of drying time.
Bob visits with Brian Stowell at the Crown Point Cabinet factory in Claremont, New Hampshire. Crown Point uses a number of different woods for their cabinets, including quartersawn oak, Appalachian cherry, Honduras mahogany, and silver maple, while the interiors of the boxes are made from premium hardwood plywood. Crown Point uses a computer numeric controlled overhead router to cut the pieces for the boxes. It runs an entire sheet of plywood making all the cuts, dadoes, peg holes, etc. maximizing the use of the wood and reducing the chance for human error. Hardwood for the doors are hand selected, cut to length in the chop saw, grains are visually matched before jointing, and then glued up on a large glue clamp rack with a special glue able to withstand the heat needed for the oven-baked finish. Raised panels are shaped by a high-speed profile cutter to get their beveled edges. Door construction is essentially tongue and groove. They are hand- and machine sanded and then either hand stained or painted with an old-fashioned milk-painted finish.
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…birch plywood and made to templet of the curve and clamp the plywood to it the form is good now do i glue… …finish, i have seen them make curve doors in wood shop clamp to jig but not sure on gluing it also do you wet plywood first to form then…
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