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Glue Up Panels and Flatten

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Entryway Console Table

What happens here

Apply Titebond II wood glue along the edges of the milled boards and clamp them together tightly using pipe clamps to create wider, solid panels. Ensure consistent pressure along the entire length of the joints. Allow the glue to dry overnight. Once dry, use a Festool Rotex sander (set to rotary mode) to flatten any squeezed-out glue and smooth the panel surfaces, ensuring seamless transitions between boards.

Goal: Individual milled boards are glued together using wood glue and pipe clamps to form wider panels for the console table's top and sides, then flattened by sanding.

Tools and materials

  • Dust Extractor
  • Ear Protection
  • Festool Rotex Sander
  • Pipe Clamps
  • Safety Glasses
  • Titebond II Wood Glue Titebond

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raw wood approach. Once the milling is complete, I like to glue the shields together. For this I use Titebond II carpenter's glue in combination with these pipe clamps . Once it dries overnight, the next day I take my Festool Rotex sander and turn on the rotary mode, which essentially turns it into an angle grinder, but with good dust collection, and start smoothing out all the joints where the glue has come out. Now, regarding the external joints of the table—these will be joints at a

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