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Clamping and Gluing

Yan

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The clamps I’d ordered to help with construction of the baseboards arrived yesterday, which enabled me to start constructing the framework for the first board. In an attempt to keep these large baseboards as light as possible I’m only gluing the components together, no screws or pins. On my previous layout (Tredethy Wharf) I’d glued and screwed the boards together so this is new territory for me. On these boards with the amount of joints and the supposed strength of wood glue (around 3000ppsi) I’m hoping it will be strong enough without the additional weight of the screws. The only addition I might make is adding a right angle brace of some sort in each corner of the board for added rigidity.

 

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So I’m taking it steady, clamping and gluing each section in place, checking levels and leaving to dry before moving on to the next section. The instructions claim the glue is dry within 30 minutes but the joints are fully cured in 18 to 24 hours. I’m leaving each section for about 6 to 8 hours before moving onto the next.  At this pace this framework should be finished tomorrow, when I’ll start on the next board. I’ll be cutting the tops when the frames for all three boards are built.

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I tend to glue and clamp only, in theory screws, nails etc are only there to hold the joint together until the glue has dried and set. In our modelling sort of application I don't think any additional strength possibly provided by screws is particularly necessary, although it does speed up construction as the screws take the place of clamps.

 

Mike.

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17 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

I tend to glue and clamp only, in theory screws, nails etc are only there to hold the joint together until the glue has dried and set. In our modelling sort of application I don't think any additional strength possibly provided by screws is particularly necessary, although it does speed up construction as the screws take the place of clamps.

 

Mike.

Thanks for that, it's given me more confidence tgst these boards will be strong enough. 

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