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Hello,

What's the proper technique for laminating two pieces of 3/4 x 5 x 36
inch maple? I surface and thickness planed rough stock down to 3/4,
brushed on a layer of Titebond to each face, mated them and clamped
along the length of each edge until the glue oozed out a bit. But when
it dried and I removed the glue beads I noticed that it did not mate as
close as I'd hoped for. What kind of rookie mistake did I make here?

Thanks!


Can you elaborate on what you mean by "it did not mate as close as I'd
hoped for"? Obviously you have some gaps, but how much, along what length,
where on the boards - especially in relation to where the clamps were
placed, how many clamps did you use and spaced at what distance, what sort
of force did you have to apply to the clamps to bring the boards together?

Lots of questions, but you can't really get a good answer without a little
more info - though you'll certainly get a lot of otherwise good standard
procedures here.

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-Mike-