I just finished using bar clamps to glue up a small Oak table top that I
am (slowly) making. It is about 16" x 15" after the three boards were
put together.

My problem was holding the boards, the clamps, the pieces of wood under
the clamp ends all at once. Many times, the clamps or the mar-protector
wood pieces slipped to the floor. That is when I resorted to some
"Non-Sunday School" Language.

I got it together at last - before the glue set. Is there some secret
method that has escaped my studies, other than being reborn as an
Octopus?

Thanks,

Godzilla