Ron Humphrey
04-28-2014, 4:09 PM
I have obtained some 3/16” - 1/4” thick pieces of well air-dried, very curly, broad leaf maple that were originally cut for guitar makers.
I would like to just glue roughly 6” x 10” pieces of this material onto the 3/8 thick walnut sides of a small box for the top. For larger and thicker lids, I always allow the lid to float in a 360° dado. I’m hoping the gnarly, irregular grain will prevent splitting as there is no grain line.
Am I safe from the splitting issue and OK to proceed?
I would like to just glue roughly 6” x 10” pieces of this material onto the 3/8 thick walnut sides of a small box for the top. For larger and thicker lids, I always allow the lid to float in a 360° dado. I’m hoping the gnarly, irregular grain will prevent splitting as there is no grain line.
Am I safe from the splitting issue and OK to proceed?