Tips for creating custom clamping blocks

Synopsis: If you’ve spent weeks making a piece of furniture, it makes sense to spend half a day making custom clamping blocks that will distribute pressure evenly and ensure a successful glue-up. Glue-up, final assembly, whatever you want to call it, is the make-or-break moment of any piece. These three professional woodworkers are here to tell you that the right clamping blocks are the keys to success during this crucial phase.

Aristotle said, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Alright, Aristotle, but how do we get the parts together? Clamping blocks! The woodworking world deserves to know, or be reminded, that it’s OK to spend half a day making clamping blocks that will protect a piece of furniture that’s taken you weeks to create, blocks that will evenly distribute clamping pressure right where you need it.

Proper clamping blocks provide insurance that the…