{"id":2784,"date":"2012-10-23T18:21:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T22:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2012-10-23T18:39:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T22:39:25","slug":"how-to-improve-your-solid-panel-glue-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-projects\/how-to-improve-your-solid-panel-glue-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Improve Your Solid Panel Glue Ups"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gluing<\/a>Gluing up boards to make solid cabinet doors and table tops<\/strong> remains a necessary and time-consuming part of woodworking. And many woodworkers out there avoid glue-ups because of the machinery (or exhausting hand work) required to get a newly glued-up solid wood panel nice and flat. It takes a wide planer, wide sander, or unyielding enthusiasm for the joys of hand planing.<\/p>\n

But here’s a little trick that’ll help out: clamp blocks that help keep the aligned and flat while the glue dries.<\/p>\n

Make blocks out of solid 3\/4″ material that resemble a 4″ long U shape. See below<\/em>.\u00a0 Clamp up your panel with bar clamps or pipe clamps as you normally would. Then clamp U blocks so that they bridge over the joints, achieving two things:<\/p>\n

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  1. Forcing the boards to align perfectly giving you a smooth panel<\/li>\n
  2. Keeping the blocks from becoming glued to the workpiece<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the end, you won’t need to do nearly as much planing and sanding to get the solid panel flat.<\/p>\n

    WOOD Magazine has free plans for the clamp blocks at this page if you need a visual:<\/em>
    \n    http:\/\/www.woodmagazine.com\/woodworking-plans\/clamping\/easy-to-handle-clamp-blocks\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Use one block on the top and one on the bottom to align the boards perfectly<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Clamp blocks force the boards to align perfectly to achieve a flat solid wood panel<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Gluing up boards to make solid cabinet doors and table tops remains a necessary and time-consuming part of woodworking. And many woodworkers out there avoid glue-ups because of the machinery (or exhausting hand work) required to get a newly glued-up solid wood panel nice and flat. It takes a wide planer, wide sander, or unyielding …
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