Mini Moravian Bench Build Process
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Posted 10th July 2025
I decided to brave the heat and get the legs glued together this evening. I started by daubing on some glue:
That got spread out with a silicone roller:
It was then a case of applying lots of clamps to squeeze it all together. The first one didn't go great: the brass pins weren't that good for keeping it in line, so I ended up using some extra temporary clamps to pull things into alignment. Then, after it was all done and the leg had been moved out of the way, two of the clamps slipped (I think I'd used some clamping pads that were a bit too small) and made a couple of deep indentations in the face:
Hopefully those will come out with a bit of steam iron attention when it's cool enough to contemplate such a thing, but the legs will be planed quite a bit more before they're finished, so worst-case they just end a little thinner.
The rest of the legs went together better with no clamp-jumping. There was still a bit of persuasion required to get them in-line: the steel panel pins didn't see to have that much effect on holding things true. Nevertheless, it's done as well as it's ever going to be now so we'll see what they look like when the clamps come off.
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