Student wrote:
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I don't have expensive Besseys, I use instead straps with ratchets.
Takes time to get used to quickly passing the starps around and
locking them up. ...

Don't need expensive Bessey clamps, but you do need clamps rather than
straps. Straps have their place, but this kind of glue up ain't that place.

Inexpensive bar clamps would suit...

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