I'd probably just shim it, but you could drill and chisel the whole piece out and replace it. I'd actually use two tapered pieces - one from each side - so you get a tight fit back and front.
What do I do now?
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In searching for new ideas for cutting boards, I saw Larry's blog for glue up of a woven board
http://lumberjocks.com/degoose/blog/8789
and Tony's blog for making a woven board
http://lumberjocks.com/Tikka/blog/1878
I thought I was all set to tackle this project. I used sapele edged with walnut and hard maple. Aside form the obvious mistakes in this board- three blocks with grain in the wrong direction and one block that somehow ended up with the end grain topside up…
I have met my peace with knowing this is not fixable at this point. However, there is one block that ended up just a bit smaller than the rest on one edge, the gap is just shy of 1/16" and is through the board.
So now what do I do to salvage this mess? Do I shim a piece in the gap? Epoxy the gap? I don't know the best answer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Eerrrggghhh !!
Lisa
http://lumberjocks.com/degoose/blog/8789
and Tony's blog for making a woven board
http://lumberjocks.com/Tikka/blog/1878
I thought I was all set to tackle this project. I used sapele edged with walnut and hard maple. Aside form the obvious mistakes in this board- three blocks with grain in the wrong direction and one block that somehow ended up with the end grain topside up…
I have met my peace with knowing this is not fixable at this point. However, there is one block that ended up just a bit smaller than the rest on one edge, the gap is just shy of 1/16" and is through the board.
So now what do I do to salvage this mess? Do I shim a piece in the gap? Epoxy the gap? I don't know the best answer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Eerrrggghhh !!
Lisa
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Dusty,
If I understand correctly your looking at the top strip of walnut? right side versus left? The block looked okay during glue up because there was squeeze out. After unclamping and running it through the drum sander it became noticeable. I had to clean out the glue with a dental pick tool. It may have compressed or removed some of the walnut strip causing it to look uneven. I am hoping that because the picture is so enlarged that it won't be visible from a regular view.
I am shimming the maple, the walnut was planed to 1/8". I rarely have a problem with snipe, I am always checking with a caliper to make sure this is not happening. Dewalt DW735.
My table saw, however, is a different story. It basically sucks, it needs fine tuning, but because it is a low end contractor saw it doesn't have "fine tuning" that works worth a sh**. The maple block may have cut slightly thinner, and when I planed it maybe it looked like it had surfaced but was actually below level. That's the only thing I can come up with. I will pencil the surfaces being planed from now on.
Most of the evilness that occurs in the shop is caused by the table saw. New one maybe in September
Thanks for the input,
Lisa
If I understand correctly your looking at the top strip of walnut? right side versus left? The block looked okay during glue up because there was squeeze out. After unclamping and running it through the drum sander it became noticeable. I had to clean out the glue with a dental pick tool. It may have compressed or removed some of the walnut strip causing it to look uneven. I am hoping that because the picture is so enlarged that it won't be visible from a regular view.
I am shimming the maple, the walnut was planed to 1/8". I rarely have a problem with snipe, I am always checking with a caliper to make sure this is not happening. Dewalt DW735.
My table saw, however, is a different story. It basically sucks, it needs fine tuning, but because it is a low end contractor saw it doesn't have "fine tuning" that works worth a sh**. The maple block may have cut slightly thinner, and when I planed it maybe it looked like it had surfaced but was actually below level. That's the only thing I can come up with. I will pencil the surfaces being planed from now on.
Most of the evilness that occurs in the shop is caused by the table saw. New one maybe in September
Thanks for the input,
Lisa
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