Can you top 19 parralel-jaw clamps in one glue-up?

[Frank Pellow]

I just finished removing all the clamps that I used to attach a thin walnut board to a door that I am making:

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I might have used more C-clamps in a glue up in the past, I'm not sure.  But I do know that I have never used this many parralel-jaw (K-body) type clamps before.

If you have used more in one glue-up, I would like to know how many (and, of course, see a picture if you have one).

 

[nickao]

I can remember running short on a glue up very similar to that and resorting to 72" clamps standing up like that on end! I must have used more than 30 clamps. Sometimes I wish I had 24 of the Bessy 12" instead of 8.

After that I got a vacuum bag.  

 

[flair woodworks]

No.  But I think this glue-up is farily impressive.

 

[alex946]

Ok, one more? (photo not mine, I have not been used for more than 60 so far)

 

[woodguy7]

Laminating a newel post together

Approx 34 quick clamps on the larger one.

 

[Frank Pellow]

I can remember running short on a glue up very similar to that and resorting to 72" clamps standing up like that on end! I must have used more than 30 clamps. Sometimes I wish I had 24 of the Bessy 12" instead of 8.

After that I got a vacuum bag.  

I only have four 12" Bessy clamps as well as four 12" Bessy clones so, like you, had to resort to many longer clamps in the glue-up.  My next clamp purchase will be for additional short parralel jaw clamps.

Maybe a vacuum bag is somewhere off in my far distant future purchases.

 

[Frank Pellow]

Chris, Alex946, and Woodguy7, those are very impressive and I thank you for the photos, but the clamps used are not of the parralel jaw type.

 

[alex946]

Frank Pellow, sorry   [oops]

 

[woodguy7]

Oh yea  [embarassed]

 

[flair woodworks]

Frank,

I only own 14 parallel bar clamps, I hope to never have to use the long ones because I've run out of short ones.  My long ones are 78".

Here are 8 parallel bar clamps being used to make some Fineply (shop-made veneer plywood).

 

[Frank Pellow]

20 this time:    [attachthumb=#1]