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   questtools | Dec 20, 2007 06:26am | #1

   Corky the same thing happened to me when making jewlery boxes last year for Christmas.

   I took the top to the router table and routered a 1/4" rebate in each corner and glued in a beautiful piece of dark contrasting wood. If necesary extend the 1/4" rout to each corner of the entire box.

   The 1/4" accent strip breaks the continous grain so your design modification will not be noticed.

   Good Luck

   Bob

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   corky15 | Dec 21, 2007 05:26am | #4

   thanks

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   danmart | Dec 20, 2007 08:06pm | #2

   what wood? what kind of glue? a picture maybe?

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   corky15 | Dec 21, 2007 05:28am | #5

   sorry. but i think i will live with it the way it is

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   forestgirl | Dec 20, 2007 08:18pm | #3

   DeGlue-Goo would work, but you unless you live near a Woodcraft, not sure you could get it in time.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   JamesS | Dec 21, 2007 05:53am | #6

   This is after the fact, but I always mark all pcs.  A to A, B to B, etc. then dry clamp 'em.

   Then when I unclamp I lay them as they" fall" out of the clamp.

   James

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   JamesS | Dec 21, 2007 06:02am | #7

   I did the same once. If the top isn't on yet, try cutting at the mitered corners w/ a thin saw (Japanese), re-do the 45's. Box will be somewhat smaller but grain will match

   James

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   bigfootnampa | Dec 21, 2007 09:46am | #8

   Heat will soften the glue so that you can easily separate the parts.  Turners do this often with glued up turning blanks by heating them in their microwave ovens.  Use gloves so that you won't burn your hands and watch closely because when they start to get hot they are not far from burning.