sub box assembling with brad nails?
01-27-2004, 08:49 PM
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Alright i think i may have found a very contraversial topic. I have built many sub boxes 90% of the time we used yellow glue and 2" brad nails. This makes for a very strong box. Now i realize on an enclosure to be moved alot prior to glue set up that screws might have a slight advantage. Although nailing is much faster and requires much less filling on a painted enclosure!
The glue is where 90% of the strength lies. My question is what is everyone's thoughts?
The glue is where 90% of the strength lies. My question is what is everyone's thoughts?
01-27-2004, 08:57 PM
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'Tis indeed the glue, provided everything else lines up OK.. Glue can't help if the two surfaces aren't touching as Derek has pointed out.
If the joint is good, then glue and brad nails are the way to go.. Screws, even when pre-drilled seem to split MDF far too often for my tastes.
If you want to get about making a good enclosure, paint the interior with fiberglass resin to seal it up 100%.
If the joint is good, then glue and brad nails are the way to go.. Screws, even when pre-drilled seem to split MDF far too often for my tastes.
If you want to get about making a good enclosure, paint the interior with fiberglass resin to seal it up 100%.
01-27-2004, 08:59 PM
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Originally posted by DWVW:
I completely disagree, the glue accounts for 75% of the boxes strength, 24% the builders ability to cut a straight line, and 1 percent the fuzzy carpet [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I completely disagree, the glue accounts for 75% of the boxes strength, 24% the builders ability to cut a straight line, and 1 percent the fuzzy carpet [img]tongue.gif[/img]
01-27-2004, 10:58 PM
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Originally posted by Dave_MacKinnon:
If the joint is good, then glue and brad nails are the way to go.. Screws, even when pre-drilled seem to split MDF far too often for my tastes.
If the joint is good, then glue and brad nails are the way to go.. Screws, even when pre-drilled seem to split MDF far too often for my tastes.
It is easy to screw up, but I believe that a box that is glued and screwed is built better. The screws have the ability to suck the 2 pieces of wood together better. Nails can't do that. Plus should you have issues down the road and "blow" the box apart the nails won't hold it together but screws have a better chance.
01-28-2004, 07:38 AM
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To each there own, if i do screw a box (rarely) together i use a seven sixty forths predrill and 1-1/4"low root nib screws these suckers won't strip. As for the box blowing apart which i have yet to see, do you really want to rely on screws to hold your box together if the glue for some chance did break, then it is useless anyhow!
