. Cedar chests, how to make them. along the edge to allow the surplus glue to escape, andthus prevent splitting the boards. GLUING Place the boards in position on the saw horses near the glue pot. Havethe glue heated — if hot glue is used — and all clamps in position at that you can not stop to look for anything when the hot glue isonce applied. Pieces this narrow wdll have little tendency to buckle, especially ifthe bar clamps are put on opposite sides, but it may be wise to have fourhand screws ready with battens cut the correct length in case they do. 24 CEDAR CHE8TS Dip the d
. Cedar chests, how to make them. along the edge to allow the surplus glue to escape, andthus prevent splitting the boards. GLUING Place the boards in position on the saw horses near the glue pot. Havethe glue heated — if hot glue is used — and all clamps in position at that you can not stop to look for anything when the hot glue isonce applied. Pieces this narrow wdll have little tendency to buckle, especially ifthe bar clamps are put on opposite sides, but it may be wise to have fourhand screws ready with battens cut the correct length in case they do. 24 CEDAR CHE8TS Dip the dowels, one at a time, in the glue and drive in place along oneedge of each board. Quickly tip this edge and its mate up, and apply athin layer of glue to each. Drop them into position and drive them to-gether. Repeat with the other edges, and place the bar clamps in position,as Fig. 13 illustrates. Tighten the clamps until all the surplus glue issqueezed out, and apply the hand screws if the boards show any tendencyto »i Fie-. 12 It is well to w^arm the boards slightly if hot glue is used. In case cold glue is used, allow it to stand ten or fifteen minutes be-fore applying the clamps. It will stick better. SURFACING After all six wide pieces have been glued up in the above manner andallowed to dry over night, the clamps are removed and the surfacessmoothed up. Scrape off as much glue that has dried on the surfaces as possible, ashard glue will dull the plane bit. Begin with a Yery sharp jack plane, and plane the surface downsmooth. Cross-planing is allowable on red cedar on account of the knots,but be very careful not to rip up deep grooves. When planed as nearly ^o^y to build a simple chest 25 flat as possible, scrape with a sharp cabinet scraper. This should not beheld in the hand, but should be used in a scraper plane. Scraping shouldremove all rough spots from the wood. Finally, sandpaper the entire surface with Xo. li sandpaper, andfinish with Xo. 0. SQUARIXG
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