As you always should, totally coat the surface with glue and put as many
clamps on the set up as you can. It is easier to glue all the pieces at
one time however the pieces tend to slip a bit. You can shoot a short
brad in to each inner piece to keep them from creeping when applying the
pressure. BE SURE to keep the brads near the center so that you do not cut
into them when you cut the taper and square the corners.

Thanks for the info! I think I have seen David Marks use that brad trick.
It didnt occur to me to use it here.

If your boards are flat you should not have any void problems.

BTY did the new Rikon motor fix the problem you were having?

I havent swapped them out yet. The problem has not repeated itself for a
few days. I might just hang onto the extra motor until the problem
resurfaces.