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Glowforge CEO, Wharton Research Fellow, Robot Turtles creator, Proud Dad

Tape up your corners

When gluing up something that will be hard to clean when complete, use masking tape to keep the squeezeout from messing up your project. For example, say you’re gluing up a box–the inside corners are a pain to remove the glue from. Just mask them off and wait. 30-45 min later, peel off the tape and glue, and voila.
Oh, and check out these older thoughts on the subject while you’re at it.

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2 responses to “Tape up your corners”

  1. we do this tequnique in traditional joinery manifacture all the time.
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  2. we do this tequnique in traditional joinery manifacture all the time.
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