Woodworking Glue Up Clamps

Just how much pressure is enough when gluing wood together.

Woodworking glue up clamps. A few useful techniques and one not so good. There s a better way to glue up panels. These tips will save you time grief and quite possibly your project. This project appeared in shop notes magazine 62 march 2002.

Gluing up and clamping a project proves just as critical as the machining and finishing stages so take the time to get it right. Not to mention dried glue that will have to be cleaned up that will be squeezed out under the cauls without which it could be mopped up with a wet rag after clamping. Woodworking question when i m ready to clamp my gluedup panel how tight is too. Being able to clamp two pieces of wood together when i only have one hand available is appealing and the quick release trigger offers additional convenience.

You can set aside all the clamps look at your project and feel good going into a glue up but once the glue is one you might if you re like me lose a few iq points. In 30 years as a professional woodworker dave munkittrick has tried just about every. A reader recently posed the following question regarding clamping a glue up joint with woodworking clamps. Furthermore consider the additional labor particularly if one works alone to manipulate all the pieces parts into place with the glue setting up.

Improve your woodworking skills and glue joints with these 18 tips to show you how to clamp like a veteran woodworker. Watch this before buying panel clamps. One of the keys is to use the right clamps for the job so fine woodworking tested common bar clamps. How long do you have to leave the clamps on a glue up project.

They posted a pdf of the cutting diagram as. Ratcheting bar clamps lack the clamping power of other woodworking clamps in my workshop but they make up for it in convenience. It s tough to solve fitting dilemmas while your glue bonds with the wood and there s no going back after it has set. Our pro shows you shortcuts that eliminate the need for a stack of expensive or special clamps.

Sharing my solution to making glued up panels nice and straight flat without breaking the bank. This q a segment from the woodworker s journal sheds some light on the subject. How to make. Many woodworkers are underclamping their joints during glue up.

I have attempted to find this answer through reading various articles on gluing wood but none seem to address how much pressure to apply to a glue joint. Thanks to our friends at wwj for letting us share this advice from renowned woodworkers michael dresdner and ian kirby.