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115 days ago |
It is strange how I keep thinking of ABBA with this project. From “I have a dream” to “Waterloo.” Let’s hope it doesn’t get to that. I had a vision (dream) of an end-grain table but the design did not lend itself to the 2-glue, flip-flop deal that usually results in a variation of checkerboard pattern most are familiar with for cutting boards. In the picture below, it is all “dry fit.” I was able to do the difficult (and dangerous) cut and glueup resulting in the blocks with the two woods (anything involving a diamond in the photo.) Now I’m facing the final glueup. My Dad suggested using some sort of 1/8 ply base and have that underneath. I was opposed to that at first but I’m starting to come around. I was thinking of approaching it by glueing up 1/4 at a time and using clamping cauls to make sure the glue lines are true. But even that will be a challenge. I was thinking of putting masking tape (high adhesive type) on the top and then laying the portion over an exercise ball or some curved surface, inverted, so to spread the glue surfaces and then clamp it with cauls. As you can see from the upper left, this challenge has driven me to drink. Any ideas? Am I off the reservation with this one?
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#1 posted 115 days ago |
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#2 posted 114 days ago |
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#3 posted 44 days ago |
All’s well that ends well I suppose. FYI I glued it up in 4 portions. I taped the “top” of each 1/4 section (4 X 12 blocks) and then flipped it over on to a rounded surface. An exercise ball was too curved – I used a medium-sized bag of pet food on its side. It wasn’t ideal but it was enough for me to get glue at all the mating surfaces. Then flipped it back over (easier than it sounds) on to my MDF flat surface which I had glued two pieces of square stock at exactly 90 degrees. That way I had a corner to reference. Then of course clamped with cauls on the “open” sides. Oh, and I put packing tape on the MDF/cauls/guides first. Even with that as soon as the glue set for about 30 minutes to an hour (Titebond III) I broke the section free from the surface below. Anyway, there is a lot more to it but that was mostly the glueup details. |
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