Unfortunately, all the large trees have been harvested so wide pieces of wood must be made from smaller pieces. There are many times when we need wide pieces of wood to complete a DIY wood project such as for making table tops, dresser tops or raised panels. To do this, we must glue pieces of wood together.

Making a wide piece of wood is just a matter of gluing two or more pieces of wood together to gain the desired width. There are only two critical steps in this process. The first being that the edges of the glued joints must be perfectly cut at ninety degrees and the second is to use very good wood glue.

Glue is painted on the joining edges of each piece of wood and then the pieces are placed under clamps until the glue dries. In most cases the glue will dry within an hour.

For a demonstration of this process see our “How to Glue Wood Together Video”.

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