How to: Laminate - Glue Plywood Together to Create Thicker Sheets (NO CLAMPS)

Showing you how I go about Laminating / Glueing 2 Plywood sheets together to make a very sturdy and thicker sheet of Plywood. Perfect to be used as a workbench top or a desktop table.

If you have any questions please leave them in the comments and I'll do my best to get back to them as soon as I can.

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[rjwintl]

I used Titebond 3 (waterproof) glue on my boat gluing two-layers of 3/8 inch plywood together ... worked perfectly ... best glue I've ever used !!!

[SKTWoodDesign]

This is exactly what i needed - Laminating two plywood sheets to make a strong worktop without clamps. Great Idea there -

[lummoxicide]

Thank you sir.. this was a proof of concept for me, buying a butcher block top is just too expensive

[andymallarkey]

Thank you for sharing this. I bought some cheap 18mm birch ply sandwich boards from a wood recycling shop and didn’t realise they were bowed until I got home. I have a project that needs a 36mm sheet, and having holes doesn’t really matter, so I’m going to try this method to glue them together at home. Maybe I’ll make a video about it as part of the overall project!

[mpe]

I feel that using a combination of cauls & clamps plus several jugs of water, weights, bricks, etc would be quicker than screws. It saves you screws, time and additional frustration of repairing holes / blowouts.

[Dutchshedwoodshop]

I did this to create a huge workbench top. Great video

[josiahpolite]

After watching some of your blender videos i decided to make a new desk and when i saw you in this vid too i was surprised lol XD

[HepauDK]

When I made my work table for the garage, instead of laminating entire sheets, I used scrap pieces of formwork plywood from work with the hard surface planed off. I cut the scrap pieces into 42mm strips about 1300mm long ( as it was reclaime wood, the pieces weren't uniform in length) and glued them together 3 at a time. When the glue had dried, I planed them again to get them square enough for the next step, glueing them together 3-4 at a time before finally glueing them to the final width of 840mm and squaring the ends to a final length of 1240mm. After sanding the surfaces, I gave the table top 4 coats of flooring laquer to get a strong smooth surface with a nice satin finish.
It was a heck of a lot of work, but it looks amazing, and only cost me some glue and a small can of laquer. :)

[allenz]

Came across this video as I am creating a top for work bench as well. Question, why not use braid nails to fix the pieces and just leave them in?

[rona]

Wonder if you added hardwood edge band, if it would help it be even stiffer.

[LancasterElec]

You could probably get away with using 30% of the screws used in this video. Glued and screwed is extremely strong.

[MikeBaxterABC]

2:30 Titebond 3 has a longer set time.

[Joseph-]

How much glue did you use? I'm gonna be gluing 2 sheets of 3/4 plywood together & using screws to clamp them together.

[Samurai]

This may sound like a silly question but I'm new to woodwork. Is it possible to glue together plywood panels to create a wider piece as you would do with regular wood?

[robertconroy]

Thanks for the video Jonathon. What are your thoughts about the use of clamping cauls vs screws for clamping the pieces together?--thanks

[MuffinCandle]

How many pieces could you glue together?

[MakiVeliPUN]

This guy is a butcher. You need MAYBE 1/3 of the amount of screws to use this technique, also you avoid blowout BY USONG SHORTER SCREWS!?!

[rpfour]

For strong desktops, did you consider using a butcher block tabletop?

[Reftravun]

Sometimes I wish desks could all be warped with a depression in the centre - normally when a tiny screw or roller has disappeared off the edge of a perfectly flat top into the carpet!

As for clamping methods, the one way I have found that worked, was to use some spare very old Spur shelving system steel uprights, clamped at either side, one above, one below. Being a fairly heavy gauge c profile, they tend to stay straight. Somehow I doubt that the newer imitation ones are as sturdy. You can also use an extra sheet on top to protect the finished surface. Have used it when gluing corksheet onto plywood.

[jaybrundege]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just count on the really expensive plywood to be perfectly flat, and not come from the supplier with bows & twists? Lol…