Hi all,
I am finishing a floating desk that I will hang on shelf brackets on the wall. It is oak, mahogany, walnut and maple, glued together as a butcher block. It is five feet long by ~32" wide and 2" thick.
Everything went well, except a few gaps that exist between the boards width-wise and a few spots where there are gaps end to end on the boards. See the pictures below.
I'm hoping to make the desk as perfect as I can so I'd like to figure out a way to close the gaps. I can think of two ways to do this:
1. Glue in the gaps and sand on the glue so the sawdust goes into to form a putty. I've used this method before with picture frames and it's worked well, however, I don't know if these gaps are too big for that. For example, if I put glue in some of the gaps, it might just run out the bottom
2. I was thinking I could use a router bit and widen the gaps and then cut a piece of scrap, glue it in, and then sand, use a hand plane to make it flush. That seems like a lot of work, but if it's the best method I'll do it.
Anyway, please let me know if you have any ideas or tips and tricks to make this less painful.
Thanks,
Nathan
I am finishing a floating desk that I will hang on shelf brackets on the wall. It is oak, mahogany, walnut and maple, glued together as a butcher block. It is five feet long by ~32" wide and 2" thick.
Everything went well, except a few gaps that exist between the boards width-wise and a few spots where there are gaps end to end on the boards. See the pictures below.
I'm hoping to make the desk as perfect as I can so I'd like to figure out a way to close the gaps. I can think of two ways to do this:
1. Glue in the gaps and sand on the glue so the sawdust goes into to form a putty. I've used this method before with picture frames and it's worked well, however, I don't know if these gaps are too big for that. For example, if I put glue in some of the gaps, it might just run out the bottom
2. I was thinking I could use a router bit and widen the gaps and then cut a piece of scrap, glue it in, and then sand, use a hand plane to make it flush. That seems like a lot of work, but if it's the best method I'll do it.
Anyway, please let me know if you have any ideas or tips and tricks to make this less painful.
Thanks,
Nathan