Building Small Kids Furniture
The full scale layout proves its worth in assembling pieces too. Points of assembly can be marked precisely on the various pieces by laying them in super-imposed position on the drawing and using the drawing as a guide in marking the points on the wood where other pieces are to be joined.
To make a well constructed project by minimizing mistakes and wood wastage, all one has to do is refer constantly to the full-scale drawing.
The job of assembling a piece of furniture can proceed in many ways, some may turn out right, many wrong. The right and the best way to assemble a piece is to break it up into a series of "T's" and "L's", joining together all the T's first and then all the L's.
A "T" assembly consists of two pieces that form a "T" when joined together , where as an "L" assembly consists of two pieces that form an "L" when joined together.
As soon as a piece has been glued and joined, the glue forms a skin and begins to harden. By assembling your T's and L's first, you give each screwed joint a chance for the glue to harden before straining it with an added assembly.This is a crucial stage because if the piece is mishandled enough to break this skin and separate the glued pieces slightly, the two separated surfaces of glue will form individual skins and thus destroy the glue's ability to bond. To get best results, surfaces to be glued should be well squared (use a large square to check this) and glued pieces should be given sufficient time to dry before working with them further.
Check the instructions on the glue container for required drying time.