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Your idea about malinking it look 2" thick sounds good.

I don't exactly understand your last question -- gluing end-grain is
usually a bad idea even if it is two pieces of the same species.....


"Dr. deb" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I am getting ready to build an office desk out of 1" pecan and was wondering
> how to finish the ends. I could breadboard them, but that would not look
> the best on a desktop. What about making the top about 2" longer than I
> need and use the cutoff to give the look of a 2" piece. The front and back
> would also have a piece of 1" stock glued to them, (where cross grain is
> not a problem.) I would miter the side and end pieces to give a finished
> look
>
> Since the end piece is also cross grain, of the same board, there should be
> no glue up problems, Right?
>
> Deb

Hi -

I built an L-shaped desk top out of oak and encountered the same question.
I cut the length 4" short on each end (the width of the boards I glued
together to make the top), then glued up another board on each end
perpendicular to the length of the desk top, mitering the corners. The
finished product looks something like this:


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"Dr. deb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I am getting ready to build an office desk out of 1" pecan and was
>wondering
> how to finish the ends. I could breadboard them, but that would not look
> the best on a desktop. What about making the top about 2" longer than I
> need and use the cutoff to give the look of a 2" piece. The front and
> back
> would also have a piece of 1" stock glued to them, (where cross grain is
> not a problem.) I would miter the side and end pieces to give a finished
> look
>
> Since the end piece is also cross grain, of the same board, there should
> be
> no glue up problems, Right?
>
> Deb