It doesn’t take expensive clamps and lots of cauls to make sure you have flat panels. Ben Strano show you how easy it is to control your glue-ups with basic clamps.
Fine Woodworking Recommended Products
Bessey K-Body Parallel-Jaw Clamp
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I'm using the Chrome browser and the video isn't playing. Just a black screen. Nothing happens when I click either play button.
Sorry about that guys. I was on a shoot and accidentally set this to auto post for a day early. Should be working now.
Same for me. It also doesn't work on Safari or Firefox. (I'm on MacOS.)
Sorry about that guys. I was on a shoot and accidentally set this to auto post for a day early. Should be working now.
Great tip! I had never thought of adjusting the clamps in this way to get a flat glue-up.
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