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Default Jointing problems

Zz Yzx wrote:

Me Who Has No Experience says: Your glue-up would go better if it were
1/16" (or probably even more) FATTER in the middle--that's supposed to
be even better than FLAT.


I thought "sprung joints" were supposed to have a slight gap in the
middle (1/16" might be too much) and touch at the ends.

-Zz


Yeah, I corrected that in a previous post. I was thinking of clamping
"cauls" (that are fatter in the middle). While I'm at it, "convex" is a
nicer word than fatter.

Bill