Jig for gluing vintage style house bases...
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:38 am
Greetings to all...
Lynn and I have been exchanging emails about making and assembling bases...specifically some way that will ensure bases are square and not twisted...plus a way to glue all edges of the sides together at the same time when the top is put over the bottom...
Here's the solution I came up...it's easy to put together from readily available material...the pictures tell the story about how it's built and how it works...but here are a few details...
8" x 10" laminated cardboard base at least 5 or 6 layers thick...
3/4" square pieces of wood glued to the base at 90-degrees...
cleats made from corner molding...you'll have to make various lengths based on the dimensions of base sides being glued...that's a 3" x 5" base in the photos...
Line the edges with cushioning...i used foam core...but may replace it with craft foam...
Drill small holes about 1/2" apart in the cleats...
Several long point office pushpins hold the cleats in position...
Hope the all makes sense...
My very best regards...
Howard...
Lynn and I have been exchanging emails about making and assembling bases...specifically some way that will ensure bases are square and not twisted...plus a way to glue all edges of the sides together at the same time when the top is put over the bottom...
Here's the solution I came up...it's easy to put together from readily available material...the pictures tell the story about how it's built and how it works...but here are a few details...
8" x 10" laminated cardboard base at least 5 or 6 layers thick...
3/4" square pieces of wood glued to the base at 90-degrees...
cleats made from corner molding...you'll have to make various lengths based on the dimensions of base sides being glued...that's a 3" x 5" base in the photos...
Line the edges with cushioning...i used foam core...but may replace it with craft foam...
Drill small holes about 1/2" apart in the cleats...
Several long point office pushpins hold the cleats in position...
Hope the all makes sense...
My very best regards...
Howard...
...how about the word "adaptive"? 
...all i did was take a clue from when i did woodworking and musical instrument building...i adapted some techniques and made a small and simple version...