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Larry Jaques[_2_] Larry Jaques[_2_] is offline
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Default Throw away woodworking tip

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:39:25 -0700 (PDT), the infamous
"SonomaProducts.com" scrawled the following:

Every time I see this I think how cool it is. No big deal but I just
keep forgetting about it and when I see it done...

Using pocket screws for panel glue-ups.

My buddies cabinet shop rarely has to glue up panels. They mostly buy
their doors and use ply otherwise. When they have need for the odd job
it is always a hubub. They tried a few different things like this
vertical rack made of aluminum slats, etc.

Now, if one side of the panel will be hidden, like a table top, they
just run some pocket screws on each side of the glue joint, they clamp


Clarification: "on each side of the glue joint" on the _underside_ of
the table, right?


the boards lightly down to a work table, run the pocket screws in from
each side and they can start using the panel right away.

No biggie, just kinda cool.


Yeah, cool.

--
If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we
shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
-- Samuel Butler