Could have sworn I had more 6" & 24" trigger clamps for stuff like this

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    A couple years ago I got a handful of F clamps for christmas.

    My wife: “I thought you already have clamps”

    Me: “Yes, I do. But not enough.”

    Wife: “How many is enough?”

    Me: “One more than I have.”

    Also a little 18ga brad nailer makes those glueups way easier.

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      Not true for plywood in my experience. You will never get as tight of a glue up using only brads/pins as you would with clamps and a mechanical fastener. Screws yes but I don’t think brads have the holding power to prevent any gaps from forming during the glue up process.

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    3 squeeze squeeze clamp and a little Brad nailer

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      Who tf puts padlocks on interior furniture. That looks like it won’t belong in a shed or a saw movie.

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        There’s a theft problem in the neighborhood. Postman put the package and lock it after. It’s in the front porch as you can see.

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      There are lots of self clamping joints. They are a lot more work than glue+clamps so they are not common. However when it really has to stay then a joint without glue at all will be best.

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    Just watched an old New Yankee episode, where Norm built a cabinet of similar dimensions, and he used roughly similar amounts. Good work.

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      Nah the right way is to load the puppy up with as many staples, brads and screws that she can take.

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