Desk Sides Glued

For the past two Sundays, I have been putting together the two sides of the desk. We had finished creating the pieces for the sides so now it was time to put the puzzle together. It has been a very exciting two weeks. I put together one side of the desk each week.
              
This is a picture of one of the desk sides. At this point, it has not been glued. As you can see, there are many joints and sides to be fitted and glued. This process has to be done fairly quickly because of the limited drying time for the glue. For this reason, it is important to have a plan and all tools ready.


This picture was taken after the side had been glued. After gluing, the wood must be clamped together for a couple days. The clamps are twisted tightly to reduce the amount of gap space between the freshly glued pieces of wood. Dr. Huminski says that you can never have enough clamps. There are six on this piece of wood right now, but we added about three more after this picture was taken. Scrap pieces of wood are also placed between the clamps and the desk so that as they are tightened, the clamps do not leave indentions in the wood.