I've been a woodworker and a fly fisherman for years, so it was probably inevitable that sooner or later I would build a bamboo fly rod.

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Bill Hylton wrote in the August 2009 issue about the new CNC routers suitable for use in a home shop. Curious to see one in action? 

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Gluing boards together to form larger panels is something of a mystery to novice woodworkers. Boards don't line up properly, and clamps can tend to force the edges out of alignment. Boards may have a slight bow along their length and just try to get a clamp into the middle of your panel to fix it. There is a wide array of joining systems out there to help, but my personal favorite is still the Glue Joint router bit.

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The Clamping Press described in the July/August issue of Woodworker's Journal uses five (5) 48" long pipe clamps. At that scale, panel widths up to 40" can be accommodated and panel lengths up to about 6' are considered the ideal maximum.

If you will be laminating panels wider than 40” or over 72" in length on a regular basis, then consider increasing the width and/or length of you Press. Conversely, if your routine panel sizes are much smaller or there are space constraints, the Press dimensions can be reduced.

Follow these suggestions to customize the scale of your Clamping Press.

Not the showiest or most complex of woodworking joints, rabbets, dadoes and grooves are, nonetheless, three of the most practical and versatile joints you’ll ever cut. Best suited to cabinet and furniture carcass construction using plywood, MDF and similar sheet goods, all three joints are also good for some solid-wood applications, such as building simple boxes and drawers.

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