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10-19-2010 04:56 AM |
Hello fellow LJ’s, I noticed my biscuit placement problem after I cut a curve in a leaf for a drop leaf table. I want to make an attempt at a repair rather than starting over with another board of red oak, especially since the leaves and table top match. The big issue here is that I want to leave the end grain revealed on the leaf ends. My idea is to cut out the biscuit (chisel) and replace it as best I can with matching end grain from scrap from the same board. Am I nuts to give this a go? Any one have any advise, previous attempts? Fred |
8 replies so far
#1 posted 10-19-2010 05:03 AM |
That’s what I would do is route the biscuit down about a 1/4” and find a good match of the grain and add a little glue and pound in let dry and trim and sand even. -- https://www.artisticwoodstudio.com/videos wood crafting & woodworking classes |
#2 posted 10-19-2010 05:14 AM |
i’m three on that -- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle |
#3 posted 10-19-2010 05:20 AM |
inlay a contrasting wood at some repeating pattern around the perimeter or a continuous groove filled with a band |
#4 posted 10-19-2010 05:45 AM |
You have nothing to loose. you fix,it works, great otherwise you redo. As for the router I have a word of caution: It is a round edge and about only 3/4 if I see correctly. you need an adequate width(or depth) to ride that router base on even a palm router. I am pretty sure there is a better way for the routing. -- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA |
#5 posted 10-19-2010 05:56 AM |
As for the repair, I couldn’t agree more with a1Jim. The routing can best be done with a slot cutting blade, IMHO. They scare the bejezzes out of me to run but the cut a groove parallel to the face the router base sits on. Good luck, you got some good advice in the above listings. -- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch) |
#6 posted 10-19-2010 07:26 AM |
Why not use your biscuit joiner to make the cutout? , you’d have better control easier than a router. Paul M -- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fibreglass trees. http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/ |
#7 posted 10-19-2010 02:27 PM |
Just another opinion for you to chew on… So go ahead with the chisel if you want. Use a small chisel if you have it, maybe 1/4” or even 1/8” wide will be good. Carefully make a shallow cut around the perimeter of the biscuit and begin removing the waste. As was already suggested, you only need to remove material about 1/4” deep. Here’s where you can really fool everyone with a gorgeous repair: -- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses |
#8 posted 10-19-2010 06:33 PM |
I have discounted the biscuit joiner because it leaves too little material on the end of the biscuit cut. I also thought that because of the rounded edge it might produce a shallow cut and not complete. -- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA |
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