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Online Tips Index / Gluing / Panel Glue-Up Tip

Panel Glue-Up Tip

Using a bar clamp when gluing up panels When gluing up a panel, the boards sometimes shift up or down as you tighten the clamp.

To prevent this movement and assure yourself of a flat panel, try tightening a bar clamp across the ends of a joint lines to draw the surface of the boards flush.