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s wrote:
On 18 Sep 2005 17:54:32 -0700, wrote:

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.

yeah, basically what he said. do as many dry runs as necessary to be
sure that al of the parts fit right together, that you have room
around your assembly table to pull it all off and that you have enough
clamps of the right sizes within reach as you do the balancing act
with lumber.

yellow glue and white glue are closely related. there are some
differences, but one of the biggest ones is that white glue has a
longer open time. it's fine for indoor woodworking projects, so if you
need more assembly time, consider white glue.

The biggest difference is that white glue will
creep especially with a higher temperatures. May
not be important on most things but white glue
shouldn't be used on a joint that has continuous
pressure and will tend to separate with that
pressure. With yellow glue, work at a lower temp
(50-60 degrees) for a longer open time, also, even
after the first tack, parts can be moved with
pressure and that is ok.