I am making a table top from 1/2" stock. There is a center rectangle about
11" x 13" made of baltic birch with a veneer on it. There are 4 mitered pieces of mahogany that are 2 1/2" wide that surround the rectangle. I will have biscuits to hold the pieces together. The problem I am trying to solve is how to hold it all together during glue up. The band on my band clamp is 1" wide. When I try to pull the table top together with my band clamp, the band wants to pull the sides up. One idea I had was to put a piece of 1/2" plywood under the table top. The dimensions of this plywood would be about 1/16th" less height and width than the table top so the band would pull the tabletop together without being obstructed by the piece underneath. That seems kind of iffy. Do any of you have a better/different idea?TIA
Dick Snyder