Student wrote in
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On Jun 13, 10:05*am, dpb wrote:

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.

No? The worked fine for me, except they are more tedious to use. Why
do you think this is not their place?

Lack of clamping force, mostly, combined with the pain of putting
them on.

Inexpensive bar clamps would suit...

When I save enough pennies, I'll try some Pony
clamps with black pipes. They seem reasonable compromise quality-
price.

Those aren't really suitable, either, because of the weight, altho
aside from that they'd be fine. The regular Jorgensen bar clamps
are what I'd use. I agree that most of the cheap knockoffs are
worse than useless. Unlike almost everyone else here, I also think
the Bessey clamps are worthless, unless you need to clamp two odd
shaped pieces together.

Apropos of your original question, I'd have done it similar to how
you did: put glue in one set of dados, put the shelves in, put the
second side on dry and clamp it all up. Then, later, remove the
second side, add glue, and re-clamp. The key point being to plan
ahead how you're going to position the work & the clamps so you
don't have to keep shifting things as you go.

John