This Will Forever Change How You Glue Boards Together
This Will Forever Change How You Glue Boards Together
Panel glue-ups can be a bit frustrating when the individual boards start sliding around on you. Clamping cauls are great, but tapering the cauls will allow them to flex and put an even amount of pressure along the entire panel.
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Wow! That’s awesome! So simple and very understandable! I really appreciate your content friend. Im always educated & inspired by it!!
Very informative. Would it be possible to add some close-up pics of the taper as I am a little fuzzy on exactly what you mean? Thanks.
So two wrongs do make a right… my Father lied to me!!
We new what you meant 😂
Just change the wood being joined to prove it works
Awesome tip. Thanks. I use cauls all the time, this will help!
I’m wondering why there were only two clamps. Perhaps with enough even the remaining misalignment could be corrected?
Looked the same to me, and surely the tape would cover gaps ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Real simple and very helpful, nice explanation.
No worries. It sounds good and is a great idea. Thanks.
I have yet to do a big glue-up, so I’m curious: what happens to the tension between the boards that are forced into alignment? Does it eventually relax?
Dudeeee thanks for the tip!
Great tip
Stop the click bait and put what you are showing us in the title.
No, on the contrary, I will continue gluing boards as I have been, I do it much more accurately than you, and without the fancy stuff. I simple jig is all that is required – glued together.
Nice short video and good tip. Thank you for not wasting our time for 10min video…
Man I wish I had seen this a couple of weeks ago! Just glued up a chess board and was wondering why some of the panels weren’t perfect after the glue up. Now I know why.
or you can just run it though the planer after glue up. 🙂
This is not totally true because the tape is blocking the gap. Consider on using two steel bars and a planner.
Phenomenal!!!! Thanks brother!
Suggestion: Make one master caul, then use it and a pattern bit to make more identical ones.
Whenever I come across one of your videos I always watch because I know it will be short and packed with useful info thanks!
5th dimensional physics 😅
I still have some of the old glue-up contraptions that automatically do this from when I first started woodworking and thought this was the way to go. they are large and ungainly, and I rarely use them for small glue-ups and over time, woodworkers have gotten away from those and many young woodworkers don’t know such things existed.
been doing that for over 50 years/ I am 74 retired woodworker
If you need this tip for glue ups, you should just sell your woodworking stuff and start a crochet career.
It always amazes me how the most simple things you show can make your life so much easier. Thank you Sir!
Great technique!
if only he would slide or fall into every shot like Kramer on Seinfeld >…… jk >.. dont do that
I would use packing tape instead of painters tape. Glue squeeze out won’t stick to the packing tape.
why didnt the boards go all whacky when u unclamped them?
At first glance I was like wtf? Then after video over, I was like WTF!
Thanks for the video. I will definitely be trying this on my next glue up. It looks like you only took of about 1/16”, am I correct?
This trick can be applied to steel.
A slightly curved steel bar works great.
Amazing pressure can be transferred into the middle of your work holding.
Why would anyone listen to someone with such stupid tats?
Thanks for getting straight to the point! Very, very helpful tip here. Thanks!
Great idea ,instant subscriber
Come on man! it’s because the tape is blocking from seeing the slight gaps. I think.
Put some loose tongues between the boards
Thanks for that brilliant yet simple idea. Why didn’t I think of that years ago.
I accidentally said "chamfer" a whole bunch of times instead of "taper". I have no idea why I did that, but they’re "tapered" cauls.
Smart.
My concern would be why are the boards all wonky with each other to begin with? Something isn’t right. Properly jointed boards along with good even clamping pressure should not do this.
Does it matter if you plane on running your panels through a planer ? The planer will flatten your boards.
You know most of us for the last 30 or 40 years have been doing this with angle iron.
what is this, baby’s first woodworking channel? Any carpenter worth his salt already knows this shit. Get over yourself.
WOW! Amazing, you are amazing!! Brilliant 🤩
Great video
Bob
England
Go easy on the taper, and make them as you need them. You might find only one or two sizes are good enough for all your work.
I had to hit the like button on this one… lot of new guys need to see this. Hope your vid gets out to the masses. You hear that YouTube algorithm!? Nice work bud, clear, concise and short. As it should be. 🙂
I just use spring clamps on the ends.
I’d rather have tight glue joints above and below.
A small difference in height is insignificant
Thick glue lines are unfixable .