How Much Glue is Enough?
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How much woodworking glue should I use? Is it worth skimping on woodworking glue to save a few pennies? Or, in the other extreme, should we flood the joint with so much woodworking glue that it oozes all over everything on our bench, to be sure that we are not going to starve the joint?
How do I create an invisible woodworking glue line? With edge-to-edge joinery, everyone wants to glue the planks together in such a way that the glue is not visible in the final project. Is it possible to do this, and if so, how much glue should be applied?
Should I apply glue to one of the mating surface or both? This is perhaps the most widely debated glue topic of all. Some woodworkers believe that it is only important to apply glue to one surface, while others contend that you need to apply a copious amount of glue to both mating surfaces in order to fully cover the joint. Will we finally learn which camp is correct on this age-old debate?
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