I am making a desk and decided to use solid wood throughout. I realized the problem I was creating when I had to join the ( long grain horizontal) stand to the pedestals with the grain running verticle. I solved this by using tapered sliding dovetails glued only for the front couple of inches.
Now I must apply a 7/32 quarter round molding where they meet. I feel that this should be glued only to the stand, and not to the pedestal.
Can someone suggest an idea for performing this tricky operation? Or any other way to handle this.
Moe
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Sounds like an ideal application for the new pin nailers that are showing up on the market. Put just a little glue on the molding so you don't get any squeeze out at all, and pin it up. The pin holes should be every so small and you may not even need to fill then.
John
Johnhardy,
Thanks for your reply. I am aware of brad nailers, but have never heard of the pin nailer. Could you give me names or cats to see them.
Moe
I hadn't heard of them either, but found info on a Porter Cable:
http://www.housingzone.com/topics/portercable/cmaterials/por02cv005.asp
23ga. pretty tiny.
Edited 12/19/2002 3:54:52 PM ET by CASHKEITH
The prior post has a link. Pin nailers shoot wire without any head whatsoever. Pretty nifty if you're simply trying to hold in some small molding until the glue dries.
These are defifnite *not* brad nailers, which shoot thicker wire and which have heads (which leave a much bigger hole).
John
Senco's home shop brand,Acuset, makes a pin nailer.It's a great tool, I've had it about two years. $119. I use it alot. The pins have a suprising ammount of holding power and are almost invisable.
Glendo.
Pin nailer is a good idea although you could tap in a few small brads or 4d finish nails with a $15 Warrington hammer and be done with it. Don't use glue. The goal is to use a small nail or brad that will flex with the movement and they will. Don't nail the trim every three inches either or you'll defeat the purpose... This is a situation that cries for restraint and an easy, low-tech, no-nonsense solution.
The pin nailer sounds wonderful, but I don't have air. This would mean a large investment for very little use.
The sparse use of small brads would be a great answer if I can drive them. Hope that you can describe and tell me where I can find a Warrington hammer.
Thanks to all of you for your help.
Moe
And of course the point that I had hoped to make was that you could do this job with a hammer and $.50 worth of brads. That's how I would do it, fwiw.
A Warrington is essentially a small tack hammer and you can certainly substitute a tack hammer instead. Home Depot sells these.
All the good mail order outfits (Garrett Wade, Highland Hardware, etc.) have Warringtons. Their distinctive characteristic is a horizontally oriented end that allows you to start a brad without banging the hell out of your fingers.
Edited 12/20/2002 5:11:03 PM ET by CHASSTANFORD
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