For added strength when you're butting two boards together, use the carpenter's trick of splining. Using a router, cut a quarter inch by half inch deep rabbet in each of the pieces to be joined. Apply two beads of glue to each rabbet. Rip a piece of clear stock to one inch by one quarter, sandwich this "spline" between the pieces, and clamp for about an hour.
For added strength when you're butting two boards together, use the carpenter's trick of splining. Using a router, cut a quarter inch by half inch deep rabbet in each of the pieces to be joined. Apply two beads of glue to each rabbet. Rip a piece of clear stock to one inch by one quarter, sandwich this "spline" between the pieces, and clamp for about an hour.
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