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Stuart wrote:We’ve decided on the slightly narrower opening which means the sides will be about 55mm so I’m wondering whether they could be ‘fully’ glued instead of breadboarding them?
Any thoughts?
spb wrote:Stuart wrote:We’ve decided on the slightly narrower opening which means the sides will be about 55mm so I’m wondering whether they could be ‘fully’ glued instead of breadboarding them?
Any thoughts?
Which way is the grain going on the sides? If it's front to back and aligned with the corner pieces, then there's no issue gluing them. If it's up and down, at right angles to the corner pieces, then it's the long dimension across the grain that matters when considering movement, and they'll most likely want breadboards or equivalent.
Stuart wrote:
Overall I’m not massively unhappy but a bit pee’d off at the cock ups that resulted in less than perfect joinery.
Woodbloke wrote:Were it me, I would have done an 'Alan Peters' and made the infill strips a contrasting material, so that a cock-up becomes a feature of the job - Rob
9fingers wrote:Looking good Stuart although the cross grain worries me including the end view.
I think I'd have gone for a grain wrap around on the corners by whatever means.
Still easy for me to say - at least you went ahead and made something
Bob
Stuart wrote:9fingers wrote:Looking good Stuart although the cross grain worries me including the end view.
I think I'd have gone for a grain wrap around on the corners by whatever means.
Still easy for me to say - at least you went ahead and made something
Bob
Really not sure that it would have been possible to wrap that tight a radius, certainly not with my diy gear and skill level! Even if you could you’d still have ‘visual’ issues with grain direction.
Again, I’m hoping that the dark finish will help hide some of that difference, we’ll see soon.
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