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Zz Yzx

23/02/2011 8:17 PM

Q: grain orientation for exposed splines

It seems to me that no matter how you cut it, corner splines are
gonna' show 45 deg grain.

How do you guys cut your splines?

Long grain perpendicular to miter joint?
Long grain parallel to miter joint?

Thnaks a heap,
-Zz


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"dadiOH"

in reply to Zz Yzx on 23/02/2011 8:17 PM

24/02/2011 7:57 AM

Zz Yzx wrote:
> It seems to me that no matter how you cut it, corner splines are
> gonna' show 45 deg grain.

> How do you guys cut your splines?
>
> Long grain perpendicular to miter joint?

Strong & yes

> Long grain parallel to miter joint?

Weak & no.


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Larry Jaques

in reply to Zz Yzx on 23/02/2011 8:17 PM

23/02/2011 9:29 PM

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:17:06 -0800, Zz Yzx <[email protected]>
wrote:

>It seems to me that no matter how you cut it, corner splines are
>gonna' show 45 deg grain.
>
>How do you guys cut your splines?

Like Tawm does, I bend the wood 90 degrees so it shows only face
grain.

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