Roger Chandler
06-04-2013, 11:17 AM
I had so many smallish pieces of wood in my shop that I need to do something with to get them made into something and out of the way.........of course I have a lot of wood I need to process into smallish pieces to replace these..........a never ending cycle it seems. ;)
I also know that the work I do on the lathe is different in some respects than all that flatwork I have done over the years......I speak of kiln dried wood, and basically the wood movement is accounted for when you do your joinery.......i.e. you leave room for expansion and contraction and use certain techniques to accomplish that.
I had this piece of maple from Oregon sent to me recently by Scott Trumbo [thanks Scott!] and the way it was cut meant that the end grain would be on the sides of the box.......and I wanted to combine some walnut for accents and figured I had better try and get the exact same grain alignment with the walnut base, and lid as well. I used Titebond III as the glue on this one.
My experiment is with the rate at which these two woods [both were pretty dry, and I believe them to be air dried] will expand and contract in relation to one another or will they maintain the current equilibrium they now have in relation to one another?
This box may fail.........it may not........I do not know, thus the reason for the experiment. Also, the maple had a side that had some spalting on it, and was softer of course and when sanding the softer side got a little thinner than the other side.......so my ability to sand every imperfection from this wood was cut short......
Even though I have a few hours in this box, I will not be terribly disappointed if it fails.........my initial opinion is that it will not fail, but that remains to be seen. If it does, then it will serve as a self educational experiment that I can derive lessons from for the future, so it is worth it in my opinion.
The finish is in process, and even though it looks pretty good at present, I need to let the finish cure a day or so, then take it back and sand the nibs and reapply the Wood Turners Finish again......it will be slick as glass!
Your comments on the experiment are most welcome, and if you have pointers on grain orientation when mixing woods, the I would love to hear them as well. Even though I have done wood work for the better part of 30 years, I have only turned wood for a few of them and feel like I am still learning! Learn while you turn! :D
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I also know that the work I do on the lathe is different in some respects than all that flatwork I have done over the years......I speak of kiln dried wood, and basically the wood movement is accounted for when you do your joinery.......i.e. you leave room for expansion and contraction and use certain techniques to accomplish that.
I had this piece of maple from Oregon sent to me recently by Scott Trumbo [thanks Scott!] and the way it was cut meant that the end grain would be on the sides of the box.......and I wanted to combine some walnut for accents and figured I had better try and get the exact same grain alignment with the walnut base, and lid as well. I used Titebond III as the glue on this one.
My experiment is with the rate at which these two woods [both were pretty dry, and I believe them to be air dried] will expand and contract in relation to one another or will they maintain the current equilibrium they now have in relation to one another?
This box may fail.........it may not........I do not know, thus the reason for the experiment. Also, the maple had a side that had some spalting on it, and was softer of course and when sanding the softer side got a little thinner than the other side.......so my ability to sand every imperfection from this wood was cut short......
Even though I have a few hours in this box, I will not be terribly disappointed if it fails.........my initial opinion is that it will not fail, but that remains to be seen. If it does, then it will serve as a self educational experiment that I can derive lessons from for the future, so it is worth it in my opinion.
The finish is in process, and even though it looks pretty good at present, I need to let the finish cure a day or so, then take it back and sand the nibs and reapply the Wood Turners Finish again......it will be slick as glass!
Your comments on the experiment are most welcome, and if you have pointers on grain orientation when mixing woods, the I would love to hear them as well. Even though I have done wood work for the better part of 30 years, I have only turned wood for a few of them and feel like I am still learning! Learn while you turn! :D
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