Thanks Robert! Started gluing up the top in sections. My bench is 6 feet long but only 2 feet wide. Trying to figure out how to glue up a 5 foot by 5 foot top.Originally Posted by Robert LaPlaca
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Thanks Robert! Started gluing up the top in sections. My bench is 6 feet long but only 2 feet wide. Trying to figure out how to glue up a 5 foot by 5 foot top.
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Large glue ups like a flat surface, such as the floor. Your clamp collection determines your method. Glueing up two halves separately will probably match your clamps well. When they have fully dried you can match up the final joint. With only one joint being glued you can get away with fewer clamps.
You can do a lot with very little! You can do a little more with a lot!
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Maybe use a glue that doesn't require clamping and do the gluing with the top standing vertical so the weight of the wood holds the joint together.
Hyde glue or epoxy should do it.
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good advice William
Nice idea Jim, definitely an option.
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Panel glued up. Time for cutting the circle with the frame saw. Jigsaw would be easier, but that's what Neander land is all about.
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Had day off from work
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Time to put edge profile on table. I will put an undercut, under bevel on the bottom and a quarter round on top. I marked out the under bevel cut with a marking gauge and cut to lines using jack plane and sharp block plane. Will will make scraper with quarter round profile for top.
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After removing bulk with jack plane scratch stock made a nice profile. End grain had some tear out - fine rasp and mill file took care of that.
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