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Gluing and Hand Polishing Cabinets
By Paul Manganaro

In response to Jurgen Goering's comments on original techniques used in
finishing.  One of my old friends was a cabinet maker and the son of a
cabinet maker.  He told me that instead of using fine grade finishing
paper such as grade 600 they would use old newspaper because it was
free.

My friend, Vincent Rizzulo, worked in a shop during the depression
where he assembled radio cabinets.  They had large vats of hot glue
cooking away.  In these vats of hot glue would be floating a board.
Workers would poke the board down into the glue where it would quickly
rise to the surface.  On this surface would be an even coating of
liquid hot glue.  The assemblers would then touch various cabinet parts
to this board in able to apply an even coat of glue.  This eliminated
the time necessary to brush glue onto the working surfaces.

Vincent remembered slapping the cabinets together without the use of
any clamps.  Those 90 degree supports on the inside corners did all the
work.

Paul Manganaro


(Message sent Wed 9 Aug 2000, 00:28:38 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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