Aaron Beaver
09-03-2007, 7:37 PM
I am making some square legs, 4 pieces with 45 degree cuts. Plans call for a core to fill the hole in the center.
Does the core have to be the same type of wood as the legs themselves? Plans call for it but I would rather not since it will never be seen, but I will if I need to because of wood movement or something. Concerning wood movement, the core is glued to the outer wraps so I am wondering how it moves? I haven't built many things that I had to concern myself with wood movement so it's fairly new to me still.
Oh btw, I need the cores because there will be mortise and tenon joints into the legs.
Thanks
Does the core have to be the same type of wood as the legs themselves? Plans call for it but I would rather not since it will never be seen, but I will if I need to because of wood movement or something. Concerning wood movement, the core is glued to the outer wraps so I am wondering how it moves? I haven't built many things that I had to concern myself with wood movement so it's fairly new to me still.
Oh btw, I need the cores because there will be mortise and tenon joints into the legs.
Thanks