"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I did alternate the grain, the wood was kiln dried and is 2 inches
> thick.before cutting the strips they were 4 square.Hard maple,cherry,honey
> locust..As soon as I cut them into strips each strip (about 2 1/8 inches
> thick) the center rises about a 32 to a 16th of an inch. this seems to be
> a pattern on all the woods.
>
Sounds like it might be a cutting problem. As I understand it, _if_ I
understand it, the rise is along the long grain ([[[[ rise]]]])? You
should be able to run the pieces through the tablesaw again, using the
two-point contact first, and nibble them back to parallel.
If it's along the face grain (----rise----), no problem. Glue will do, so
long as the thickness is right.
leonard wrote:
> I did alternate the grain, the wood was kiln dried and is 2 inches
> thick.before cutting the strips they were 4 square.Hard
> maple,cherry,honey locust..As soon as I cut them into strips each
> strip (about 2 1/8 inches thick) the center rises about a 32 to a
> 16th of an inch. this seems to be a pattern on all the woods.
>
> Len
I'm not clear from your description as to exactly when/where you are
getting the deformation but dollars to doughnuts it is because the
interior and exterior of the pieces have different moisture contents.
Same thing if you resaw a board...the interior is wetter than the
exterior and the thing will cup after resawing. The answer is...
After cutting, let the wood acclimatize again - it will pretty much
unwarp itself in time. To be sure, cut it a bit oversize so it can be
skinnied down after acclimatizing.
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its ok, the end grain does not dull the knifes and does not show cutting
marks much. You have to oil it well thought
Len
"C & E" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up
>> panels and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center,
>> is there any way to minimize this?
>>
>> Len
>>
> I'm not trying to be an a**, Len, but isn't end grain pretty porous to be
> used as a cutting board?
>
I did alternate the grain, the wood was kiln dried and is 2 inches
thick.before cutting the strips they were 4 square.Hard maple,cherry,honey
locust..As soon as I cut them into strips each strip (about 2 1/8 inches
thick) the center rises about a 32 to a 16th of an inch. this seems to be a
pattern on all the woods.
Len
"leonard" <[email protected]> writes:
> I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up panels
> and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center, is there
> any way to minimize this?
Did you alternate grain direction of the pieces?
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"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up
> panels and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center, is
> there any way to minimize this?
>
> Len
>
I'm not trying to be an a**, Len, but isn't end grain pretty porous to be
used as a cutting board?
"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up
> panels and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center, is
> there any way to minimize this?
>
Can you be clearer on the problem?
I made two a year ago and they are as flat as when I made them.
This sounds like a moisture problem which could get
worse when using for the intended purpose. Also an end
grain board could be somewhat fragile and prone to breaking.
A few options:
1. Do nothing. Call it a design feature.
2. Make them thicker.
3. Cut them thinner and laminate to a long grain substrate.
4. Breadboard or spline all 4 edges.
Art
"leonard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm make a bunch of end grain cutting boards.When I cut the glued up panels
> and flip them over on the end grain they all lift in the center, is there
> any way to minimize this?
>
> Len
>
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