Thanks for the input. I have clamped in sections before, but i never
thought of dry fitting the other components to help with squareness.

I'm gonna try that next time. If that doesn't work I'm gonna look into
getting a third arm cloned

Thanks!


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stoutman wrote:
I am a 3-year rookie at furniture making and glue ups still freak me out.

Does anyone else out there freak out during glue ups?

Every time I glue up a piece of furniture I turn into a freaken lunatic
and
my wife (my glue up assistant) just looks at me like im insane.

I keep my cool during the other aspects of furniture making and rather
enjoy
it, but glue ups....ugg moan.....!!!


Anyone else?

The way I was taught was to do a dry fit and clamp up to identify any
problems first.

Then make notes of what clamping order is required.
Remove the clamps from the dry fit.

Then glue and clamp.

In a very complex setup or if there are problems getting all the clamps
in place I will glue in sections with the other components dry fit to
keep things square.

Use a glue with a reasonable work time.