I’m building a door based upon this article. I have all the pieces cut and ready to be glued, but now I’m wondering how much to glue up at one go. I don’t think I can go for the whole thing before the glue would setup. Any thoughts? Loose tenons to the stiles, then the rails to one stile, then the panels and then the final stile.
Thanks,
Joe
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joe
In the article, does he suggest floating the panel? Perhaps using "speedballs" to keep it centered and allowing it room to move?
If so, all you're looking at is the glueup of rails and stiles-I think easily accomplished with liberal application of TitebondIII.
Of course, all clamps and pcs sized, fit and laid out for production.
I'd go for the whole shebang-remember to use strait and flat cauls for keeping the parts all in plane.
Contact titebond to see if their setting time jives with your assembly estimate. Franklin Adhesives.
I know their Trim glue is faster setting, but TitebondIII has about the longest time for assembly.
Interior door glue up order
Calvin,
He doesn't suggest floating the panels. When I have made cabinets with plywood I usually glue them in. Plywood is so stable it makes sense to me that it would keep the whole unit together better. I do use titebond III because of its longer open time.
Interior door glue up order
That's the way I tried it as a dry assembly, vertically. It worked very well. It seems like it would be easier to get everything square if it was put together at once. I worry that I would glue in a loose tenon and have it not be perfectly square. Then the next piece would be off.
I think I'll try another dry fit, see how long it takes and check the open time on the titebond III.