On 8/12/2014 10:45 AM, Greg Guarino wrote:

The glue is Titebond I, the dowels store-bought, 3/8", fluted.

Open time appears to be your enemy.

Use a glue with an longer "open" time on the difficult side. Titebond
"extend" is good to have on hand.

As previously noted, good clamps can do a better job of getting the
parts together, particularly with a rubber mallet, which has too much
bounce back, compared to a dead blow mallet, which takes advantage of
inertia.

Don't have a dead blow mallet? Should be your next purchase if you're
both fitting and glueing parts.


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