Since I have gotten more interested in woodworking, I have watched a ton of videos as I start to absorb the basics and terminology. In these a common step to creating larger projects without plywood is to create panels by gluing narrower stock together on edge. This also solved the other mystery of why woodworkers always have so many clamps (I've already realized that the number of clamps you need is always one more than you have!). I had a piece of 1x4 pine that gave me the perfect chance to try creating a panel that will hopefully make the top of a riser for my monitors at work.
I started with cutting them down to size, arranged them in what I thought was the best alignment, and then did a dry clamp run.
I'll have to admit for little amount of work I did, I was pretty thrilled. It actually looked like something I saw on YouTube! Now it was time to bring out the glue. It was too cold to glue in the garage so I did this in the basement and it was much messier than I would have thought. I did use painters tape for the scrap boards I used to try to keep things even while it dried. I waited overnight and removed the clamps. I need to do some clean up to get everything flat, but I'm very happy with how it turned out for a first time glue-up.
I am looking to put what I believe are called breadboard ends on this next as I need a little bit more length and I want to attempt the joints to make it happen (a desk is on my build list). I'll have to admit though I would also like to do a complimentary wood but not sure what would go with the pine I'm using. So any suggestions would be appreciated. I think I use my router to make that happen. Keep learning!