All,
I'm working on putting together a wall-hanging media center and I'm trying to figure out the best technique for applying hardwood edge banding on the ends of the long pieces. The top and bottom of my piece are ~90" long walnut ply panels that need to be banded on the short ends (~20") before I assemble the case - the problem is that I don't have any 8' clamps. Any suggestions for techniques to clamp the banding on while the glue dries?
One thing I had considered is clamping down the panels and a stop block, then using spreader clamps between the two, but I'm not sure that my squeeze-style quick clamps (the only clamps I have that are reversible into spreaders) will apply enough pressure and it will be fiddly to make sure the alignment of the banding is spot-on.
Any ideas?
I'm working on putting together a wall-hanging media center and I'm trying to figure out the best technique for applying hardwood edge banding on the ends of the long pieces. The top and bottom of my piece are ~90" long walnut ply panels that need to be banded on the short ends (~20") before I assemble the case - the problem is that I don't have any 8' clamps. Any suggestions for techniques to clamp the banding on while the glue dries?
One thing I had considered is clamping down the panels and a stop block, then using spreader clamps between the two, but I'm not sure that my squeeze-style quick clamps (the only clamps I have that are reversible into spreaders) will apply enough pressure and it will be fiddly to make sure the alignment of the banding is spot-on.
Any ideas?