I just participated in a conversation the other day about this sort of thing, and ended up stumbling upon this video.
I may end up making another thread soon on natural glue options like hide glue, resin, etc. but for now, for something more frugal where gluing really isn't necessary:
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Very nice! Simple and effective technique. You just want all the mortised parts of a piece of furniture steamed at once and the tenoned pieces ready to go into the right places.
On top of spaghetti all covered in cheese, there was this tiny ad:
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