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I wouldn't use a glue that requires clamping (such as white or yellow
glue) for a repair like this.
The required clamping pressure for a good bond is 150 psi.


Titebond may "recommend" 150 psi, but that sort of pressure is rarely
seen in woodworking, and would often produce poor joints if it were.
Even on edge-to-edge joints to make a panel, you'd have to apply a
clamp every few inches to apply that much pressure, and it would likely
bow the panel. How would you ever create the ELEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS of
pressure required to glue 10 inch discs together to make a bowl blank?

Here's an experiment for you to try. Take two boards about 3/4 thick
and something over a foot long with good straight edges. Secure one
board so that the long edge is up. Spread glue on that edge and slide
the edge of the other board back and forth a few times on the glue,
then let it sit with the second board resting on top of the first. No
clamps across the joint at all, just gravity holding the joint
together. Wait 24 hours and break the joint. Then come back and tell
me yellow glue needs 150 psi to hold the arms on a wooden statue of
Jesus.

DonkeyHody

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