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Originally Posted by Viking
So there was a little less than 36 inches from the top piece of plywood to the work piece... and how long were your bars?
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I had a few different lengths. If I remember correctly I had about 2-1/2" from the ends of the 2x4s to the notches, which left me about 28" or so between the two doubled-up plates. The lengths depend on what you're doing. I have shorter go-bars for glueing tops and backs in, longer ones for braces, even longer ones for backstrips.... You have to experiemnt a little with the strips of wood you cut beforehand to determine how long you need them. They don't need to overly bend either to provide good pressure; I make them about 1/8" or so longer than the actual distance.
On my current one, I have 24" between decks. I did this purposely because I am pretty cheap by nature(!) and this allows me to get full use out of regular stock and dropoffs.