FWW's article on Glue-Ups Fact or Fiction?

[Tim Lynch]

Howie,

Thanks for the link -- lots of information and an interesting read.

[Wilbur Pan]

Norm often reinforces his glue joints with nails. He also does a lot of plywood joints. Does it not make sense that the glue manufacturers, Bruce Hoadley, Dept of Forestry Wood Handbook all have the same recommendations of pressure. Or is it all one giant conspiracy?

Vijay

Despite all the jokes about Norm out there, I don't ever recall him saying that he used nails to reinforce a joint. I do remember hearing Norm say on several occasions that he uses his brad nailer to hold things in place while the glue dries, and that it is the glue that holds the joint together.