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How To STRENGTHEN WOOD WITH STEEL! (Make Your Wood Projects Stronger With METAL/STEEL...#1 Trick!)
Wood is a great building material...but it has it's limitations. In some instances, it's just not strong enough to span the distance we need. Fortunately, you can very easily strengthen your wood projects with metal/steel. This short video from The Honest Carpenter will show you how to do just that!
When we need to create hollow spaces below a structure, wood can act as a bridge in our projects. But, when wood lacks the strength required to span these distances, it can flex, bow, or sag. This is known as OVERSPANNING.
I was building a cabinet/countertop recently, and I wanted to store my large power tools beneath it. My table saw cart would need almost 60" of linear clearance!
I wanted to build these cabinets out of 1/2" plywood. But, there's not way 1/2" plywood could span this distance--not even with the help of pine face frames and a 1/4" plywood back panel.
To help my plywood piece span this distance, I was going to have to strengthen it with metal--particularly steel.
You can actually buy engineered metal products at big box stores, typically in the hardware aisle.
I've used slotted angle zinc-coated steel in the past for things like this. But this time, I went with 1" solid angle steel in 6' lenghts.
I like these angled steel products because they have an L-shape. This makes them VERY strong, and it also provides two surfaces for support against a structure. You can effectively use them to strengthen the wood with steel.
I simply cut the angle steel to the lengths I needed with a 4-1/2" angle grinder with metal-cutting wheel. (I did this outside to avoid sparks causing sawdust fires. I also used eye, ear and lung protection.)
I then cut open a tube of Loctite PL Premium Adhesive. This particular glue/adhesive can bond both WOOD AND METAL.
(If you want to know if an adhesive will work for your project, be sure to read the packaging. It will stipulate what surfaces the adhesive is chemically engineered for. In this case, I wanted a glue that would adhere to both wood and metal/steel.)
I used a caulking gun to make a zig-zag bed of adhesive bead on every surface the metal would touch. Then, I pressed the angle steel into the adhesive bed, and shimmied it back and forth to fully embed it.
I then let the adhesive bond to the wood and metal for 48 HOURS.
After that, I flipped the cabinet back over, and it worked perfectly. Using adhesives like this is the best way to make your wood projects stronger with metal/steel!
Thanks for watching!
The Honest Carpenter
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