On 22 Sep 2004 10:47:48 -0700, (tfk) wrote:

I have made a few table tops using butt joints mainly. I usually only
glue up 2 boards at a time so if I need a total of 4 boards this takes
3 gluing operations. Does anyone have an opinion on whether or not a
biscuit joiner allows you to keep the boards stable and their tops
level during a glue up. My goal is to increase the number of boards I
can glue at once and reduce the time it takes to level the seams out.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I made a little cedar tabletop last week, and glued 3 6" planks at
one time by using dowels to keep them aligned. No doubt this would
work for any number of planks, as long as your joints are square and
you don't clamp the piece too hard.