I didn’t put them in the new frames and don’t have them in my big press at home Mike but I didn’t trust the surface area or the construction grade lumber in my first edition of this one so I added them and though a couple of joints did fail, the press never did.
With the surface area and laminated construction on the new frames, I’m completely confident. Remember, hide glue doesn’t require huge pressure.

The early bird gets the worm but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.