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Use Corner Clamps To Hold A Room Box While Glue Sets

Corner Clamps, Useful for Right Angles.

By Lesley Shepherd, About.com

Two corner clamps hold the sides of a dolls house roombox in position after gluing.

Corner Clamps are useful for holding plywood, mdf or wood at perfect 90 degree angles while glue dries.

Photo ©2008 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.

If you will be making a series of dolls house roomboxes or a dolls house from mdf, birch plywood or wood, consider using corner clamps sometimes called mitre clamps or picture frame clamps, to hold the wood at precisely a right angle until the glue dries.

Corner clamps adjust to various thicknesses of wood for either side of the join and will hold the wood at a precise right angle until the join sets, helping to ensure the join is as tight and square as possible. This is especially important on narrow pieces of mdf or plywood, where it is difficult to drive screws or pegs into the side seam to help secure the joint.

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These same clamps are also useful for making frames for the front's of roomboxes, or for any task where a right angle needs to be clamped and held in place.

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