Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
The Glue-Up Process 2
A course by Sandy Buchanan , Furniture Maker and Sculptor
About the video: The Glue-Up Process 2
Overview
“Now that I have prepared all the inside faces of our components, it's time to start gluing up the first assembly. I will glue up each side individually and apply glue to all the mortices and the tenon faces. Then, I will assemble all the joints, and next, I will hammer the drawbore pegs in to bring the joint home. Finally, I will remove any glue squeezed out. ”
In this video lesson Sandy Buchanan addresses the topic: The Glue-Up Process 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery. Explore traditional woodworking techniques to create a stylish and contemporary piece of furniture with a minimalist feel.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Glue Up Process Now that we've prepared all the inside faces of our components, it's time to start gluing up the first assembly, one side of our stool. It's important when gluing up to relieve as much stress as possible to have a nice, clean, and spacious work area. I'll get rid of a few of these things. I'll also get out some of the things that we'll need. Glue, regular wood glue is fine. I've got this little spreader. You could use a scrap of wood. The only key here is we'll be using this to get inside the mortises. As a way of wiping up excess glue, I've got an old rag. I think thi...”
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Course summary for: Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Woodworking
Sandy Buchanan
A course by Sandy Buchanan
Sandy, or Sand to his friends and family, is a bespoke furniture designer and maker based in Beckenham, London. Prior to setting up his workshop, Sandy had a 10-year career in the Oil & Gas E&P sector, working around the world as a geoscientist. He holds a bachelor's and master’s degree in geoscience.
After several redundancies, a general dislike for big corporate politics, and a growing unease about the sector, Sandy turned to making and crafting in the pursuit of meaningful work. His work is influenced by his childhood growing up in Hong Kong, the Chinese and Japanese appreciation and heritage of woodworking, and his choice of material. His pieces are produced skillfully and considerately, and are created to be used, allowing the beauty of nature to be enjoyed.
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