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Bruce Page
01-04-2010, 5:20 PM
I’m making some traditional drawer runners out of maple. Should the drawer ride on the edge grain (as from the edge of a rift sawn board) of the runner or on the flat grain? I’m thinking edge grain.
What say ye?
Bruce
Laurie Brown
01-04-2010, 5:21 PM
I would think there would be more friction with end grain, wouldn't there?
Joe Scharle
01-04-2010, 5:23 PM
I run them on the long grain; end grain being problematic for this purpose.
Bruce Page
01-04-2010, 5:30 PM
I was thinking that the end grain would be harder and wear better.
Stephen Edwards
01-04-2010, 5:45 PM
I was thinking that the end grain would be harder and wear better.
Just to be sure that I understand you: When I think of end grain I'm thinking of the grain that I see when looking at the very end of a board, the end of a cross cut.
As Joe says, an end grain runner would be problematic, IMO.
I always make my drawer runners parallel with the grain of the board from which the runners are cut.
Bruce Page
01-04-2010, 5:48 PM
Just to be sure that I understand you: When I think of end grain I'm thinking of the grain that I see when looking at the very end of a board, the end of a cross cut.
As Joe says, an end grain runner would be problematic, IMO.
I always make my drawer runners parallel with the grain of the board from which the runners are cut.
Duh, not end grain :o. I should have said edge grain as from a rift sawn board.
I'll edit my OP...
Stephen Edwards
01-04-2010, 6:00 PM
Duh, not end grain :o. I should have said edge grain as from a rift sawn board.
I'll edit my OP...
I thought that's what you meant to say:). I would think that you'd have less vertical movement of the runner, if the slot in which it rides is a nice fit, if you make the runners so that the face grain is what is facing the drawer side. Honestly, I've never given it much thought before.
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