I finally figured out why my face frames were racking during glue-up

Last month I was building a set of kitchen cabinets for a house in the suburbs, and every time I clamped a face frame it would twist on me. I spent a whole afternoon fighting it, shimming clamps, getting frustrated. Then my buddy stopped by and pointed out I was using my pipe clamps wrong - I had them all on one side of the frame. He showed me to alternate clamps from top and bottom to keep things flat. Now I get perfect square joints every time without screwing around. Has anyone else had this issue with pipe clamps messing up alignment?

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gonzalez.vera4d ago

Clamps on both sides just means twice the chance to screw up alignment.

kaimiller4d ago

Fair point, I used to double clamp till I saw this.