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Got schooled by an old timer at a shop in Ohio last month
I was building a set of kitchen cabinets for a client in Cleveland and the face frame joints kept coming out gappy. A 70 year old cabinetmaker at the local lumber yard saw my clamps and explained I needed to reverse my clamping pressure. Has anyone else run into old tricks that totally changed their joinery game?
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shah.olivia6d ago
Oh wow, I gotta say I see it a little differently. I've been doing this for over 30 years and I think clamping pressure direction matters less than making sure your joints are cut dead square and your glue is fresh. Reverse pressure can help sometimes but if your shoulders aren't tight to begin with you're just fighting a different angle. I've had more luck shaving a hair off the tenon cheek or taking a couple passes with a shoulder plane rather than messing with clamp tricks.
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