Groovy Question

Charlie Self <[email protected]> wrote:

> Peter Ashby asks:
>
> >My house has a few half round corner shelves, in pine. The shelves appear
> >to be from two to three edge joined boards and are quarter sawn. On the
> >underneath is a shallow groove running from 1/2 way down one straight
> >edge across to the same place on the other straight edge. Now it occurs
> >to me that this might be to prevent cupping, except that grooves to
> >prevent cupping usually run with the grain. Is my surmise correct, and if
> >so why across the grain, and why in quarter sawn? Just curious.
>
> Plate grooves. So you can stand display dishes on edge without special
> holders. Check the insides of most fancy corner cabinets, similar straight
> cabinets. Same thing.

Yes, that makes sense, turn it over and you have a plate groove.
Thankyou, I hate not knowing these things.

Peter

Peter Ashby asks:

>My house has a few half round corner shelves, in pine. The shelves
>appear to be from two to three edge joined boards and are quarter sawn.
>On the underneath is a shallow groove running from 1/2 way down one
>straight edge across to the same place on the other straight edge. Now
>it occurs to me that this might be to prevent cupping, except that
>grooves to prevent cupping usually run with the grain. Is my surmise
>correct, and if so why across the grain, and why in quarter sawn? Just
>curious.

Plate grooves. So you can stand display dishes on edge without special holders.
Check the insides of most fancy corner cabinets, similar straight cabinets.
Same thing.


Charlie Self

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