Serial application of adhesive onto members of one or more wood stacks has controllable supply of pressurized adhesive dispensed onto one face of the member from the adhesive supply, and a mechanism operable to advance stacked supply of members to a platform for adhesive application and a conveyor operable to position a next stack, upon exhaustion of a current stack, in a position from which a member can be adhesively coated. The invention also provides a method in order to operate the apparatus.