I am making a couple of machine moving boards with four casters. Roughly 12"x24" out of 2x lumber.. Obviously the boards will run the long way. I split one down the middle along the grain when I blocked up my lathe wrong. The grain failed not the glue joint right next to the split.
Which way should the grain lay when it is glued up? reading says vertical grain is strongest but flat grain seems less likely to split.
plan is to set machines on these bases to move them around for just a few feet each. the lathe broke through plywood over gravel in the alley moving it to go into a trailer. So i am switching to bigger wheels. That will be the heavest machine by 500 pounds nothing else is over 1,200 pounds.
Bill D