I used Titebond III to give myself a bit more work time. And I learned it takes 16 oz to cover the entire side. I happened to be in Rockler the other day, and they had this cool 5¨ glue roller that just seemed too good to pass up. A touch spendy, but boy howdy, it's a lot better than trying to use a 3¨ roller! The first panel I did I tried making a zigzag pattern with the glue and rolling it out. Too much work. Pour on a good puddle and use the roller to spread it out. Much easier, faster and complete. Then used a crown stapler to really secure the panels.
I splined the core panels together - 1/4¨ Freud slot cutter on a Bosch 12 Amp router made fast work of it, and a large pile of sawdust to boot.
Thankfully the shop has plenty of clamps - long clamps, pipe clamps, pretty much everything but speed clamps. In a number of spots, I used a clamp across the piece to serve as a holding spot for a longitudinal clamp.
Hopefully by next weekend I'm ready to laminate those!
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