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Default Farm table part Deux: Top glue up?

On 9/9/2015 1:22 PM, John McCoy wrote:
Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in
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On 9/9/2015 9:04 AM, wrote:


I have the 3 boards (~12x84x1.5)ready for glue up. I am not using
breadboard ends. My plan is to either use biscuits or some kind of
spline for greater strength and alignment. I'm not quite sure here so
any input would be appreciated.


You need nothing for greater strength but a spline or biscuits will
aid with keeping everything in place when clamping.


What Leon said. But, you are going to need to clamp this
to get a good glue joint, and with boards that long and
thick, you'll need several stout clamps - I'd think 5 would
be the minimum, and a couple more wouldn't hurt.

John

If he has good edges, straight ones, clamping pressure can be
drastically reduced.