The Lamination Process We ran into a lot of difficulties even before we started our project, since this project was going to be donated to a hospital, Mr. Schulze said that he would find a way to get wood for us. Unfortunately, the smallest dimenstion allowed for children's toys is 1.75" (see SAFETY ISSUES) and we were only able to get .5" wood. Using wood glue, we laminated the boards together, the process is detailed below.

1. Dust off any dust from the boards to ensure the cleanest gluing. (Put boards in order and number them)

2. Apply a thin layer of glue to the boards.

3. Place another board on top of the glue, make sure ends are in one straight plane. (Also pictured, use a small piece of scrap wood to make thin, even coats of glue.)

4. Place in vice to ensure that the pieces will stay together as a unit.

5. Add movable clamps to ensure all surfaces of the wood meld together.

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