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Tony Konovalov, a professional woodworker and disciple of Jim Knenov, has this tidbit on his website:
…brings to mind something I saw while I was at school. Jim Krenov was gluing up something and working like a madman to get it done and I thought great, I am not the only one who semi-panics during a glue up. Then I thought, crap, he has been doing this for over 40 years and glue up is still a panic…
Anyways, try Brett’s suggestion of something with longer open time. Hyde glue works great. Matt Cremona uses epoxy when he needs more open time, and it’s not difficult to get 30-40 minutes of open time from a good epoxy if you buy a quality product and keep it in small quantites (don’t mix a big batch in a single cup and expect long open time, mix a batch and separate it into many small cups or pour it out onto a tray). Titebond 3 claims is can be thinned 5% with no problems, but they don’t say if that increases the open time.