When thru tenons or dovetail have small gaps, what is the best filler? I’ve tried yellow glue with wood dust from the wood used. Is there an easier option?
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For really small gaps I try to plane across the endgrain to blow out fibers into the gaps. There is a name for it that escapes me.
When building a piece with that kind of joinery I have a dedicated cut offs box for each project where I save EVERYTHING until the piece is done. All of the waste from dovetails, all cutoffs, all slivers & slugs go in the box.
When I have a larger gap than I can blast-fill with a plane there is a guaranteed-to-match wedge somewhere in that box.
Maybe paintable wood filler. Elmer's makes a decent, inexpensive one.
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