While making the top a jewelry box I glued the mitired frame out of sequence. By this I mean that I screwed up by not matching the grain as originally planned. Is there any way to undo this glue-up without cutting the frame apart? Or should I just leave it the way it is? Any advice would be aooreciated. Thanks and have a great holiday.
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Corky,
Ay carumba. Well, leaving the frame as is would be the sensible thing to do. But if you're up for it, I'd try soaking the joints in some hot damp rags for an hour or so. Cover up both sides to avoid any cupping. Then give the joints a sharp rap with a dead blow mallet. You might get lucky with this. Then I'd try vinegar on the joints dampening a rag again and covering both sides. Give it an hour or so and bang it again. You just have to be very careful so that all of the joint fails not just some of it. But with miters you stand a better chance of breaking through the glue bond since it's not long grain.
If you added keys or splines to the miters, then I would sit back and admire the beautiful frame that you built, remembering always that woodworking is a skill that takes years to learn and decades to master. Good luck. Gary
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