Box Joint Glue-up

[Lonnie in Orlando]

Any suggestions on gluing thin finger joints? I'm making a box with 1/8" finger joints. Now I gotta figure out how to glue it up. Gonna be a lot of fingers that need a lot of glue ... fast.

What's a good way to get glue into all of the fingers? Can't swell up the fingers too much before assembly. Suggestions for slow setting glue?

BTW - I used my old Lynn's jig to make the finger joints. Haven't used it for 10 years. Perfect joint first time.

Thanks for your help,

- Lonnie

[Cochese]

If it were me I'd make another male/female cut on a scrap board and glue brushes in there. Have a little trough you could dip the heads in and you have an all-at-once glue brush. Take the time to set them just right and you can glue them all if you glue one.

Can scale it down or up as you want.

[Daryl]

Assemble one corner at a time, put just a bit of glue along the edge so that when you put it together it will pull the glue in.

[cabinetman]

Assemble one corner at a time, put just a bit of glue along the edge so that when you put it together it will pull the glue in.

+1. Good fitting box joints don't need a lot of glue. Use TB III, or Titebond "Extend" if you need more time.

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