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   RW | Oct 08, 2002 05:32am | #1

   dowels, hidden nails (ever seen fish glue used?), or glue it with regular PVA and hold the joint together with wide masking tape. There's all kinds of things you could try. I've used rope before to put pressure on frames that were too big for clamps. Loop around the whole thing, put a block in, spin the block to increase tension, but put it in a place where you can still turn it when it starts getting ridgid, and make the stick long enough you can slide it to one side to hold until you're ready to undo the whole thing.

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   forestgirl | Oct 08, 2002 05:40am | #2

   All of the ideas posted in #2, plus:  You could put a pipe or bar clamp across that end, with the pipe or bar riding directly in line with the end cap.  Use wedges between the pipe/bar and the end cap (going from both bottom and top direction) to snug the end cap while the glue dries.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

   
   

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   Edited 10/7/2002 10:41:30 PM ET by forest_girl

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   ian | Oct 30, 2002 02:40pm | #6

   forest girl

   I'm late, to this thread, but what do you think about using a couple of band clamps (the things usually used with picture frames)?

   ian 

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   forestgirl | Oct 30, 2002 11:12pm | #7

   Hi Ian.  My recollection is that this is an 8-foot spread, meaning if you used a band-clamp, it would have to be a tad over 16 feet long, pretty long, ya think?forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   ian | Nov 01, 2002 01:15am | #9

   Hi forest girl

   Must have a different clamp to yours.  Mine uses a plastic strap, like the stuff they wrap arround boxes (and nefarious persons use to break into cars).  The strap must be well over 16 feet long, I got mine to clamp up a verandah rail.  If I was doing it again I'd just buy the strap and use wedges.

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   forestgirl | Nov 01, 2002 04:12am | #10

   Way different, Ian.  I have the regular orange-webbing band clamp, comes with 4 aluminum "corners" you can slip between the band and the...well...corners, a ratchet gizmo that helps tighten the whole thing up.  Don't know how long it is total, but I'd guess maybe 8 feet.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   SgianDubh | Oct 08, 2002 05:42am | #3

   Plywood? A solid timber lipping?  Make it about 1/2" thick or less and sook it up tight with masking tape. Even better, use Sellotape--Scotchtape I think it's called in the US--the clear plastic stuff with some give. No need for biscuits, dowels, etc.. This should be more than good enough in most circumstances. Slainte. 

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   IanDG | Oct 08, 2002 06:26am | #4

   Lay it flat on the floor with one end against the wall and wedge off the opposing wall or --
   stand it upright and wedge it off the ceiling.

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   adamws | Oct 08, 2002 08:59pm | #5

   I had the same problem a couple of days ago, my solution...I wedged one end of it against the wall on my bench and on either side of the other end I screwed down a small block of wood then I laid a longer piece of wood along the end cap and used to short clamps to go from my screwed down stop blocks and this longer piece of wood.  Of course it's nice to have a bench that you don't care about putting holes all over if you do it this way often.  My bench top is of MDF.  When it gets to many holes or defects, $8 replaces the surface, then again a hard maple bench would be nice...

   Adam

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   Agee | Oct 30, 2002 11:55pm | #8

   I am building an 83" long cabinet with 3/4 ply edged in 4" wide strips of Cherry for the top.In order to use shorter clamps on the ends I cut two pieces of scrap ply to run across the top and bottom of the plywood panel extending past about 3" on each side.I then c clamped this sandwich together about 20" from the end I wanted to glue the cherry to.I could then use regular clamps pulling against the scrap ply.