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   oldusty | Sep 02, 2007 08:40pm | #1

     Hi BG ,

         Do you plan to cut the oval shape from the stock as one piece ?

         Maybe it is small enough that one piece could be fine .

       Most ovals are made with a 4 section frame , the joints being centered top , bottom and each side .

       I would use the more stable hardwood  , the Poplar may not be worthy imo .

                       dusty

            

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   BG | Sep 03, 2007 12:41am | #2

   oldusty,
   Yes, I was planing a one piece frame. I'm not sure how I'd orient the grain or the joinery on a four piece frame (another thing yet to learn). My main concern was weak points with grain orientation, am I correct in assuming that flat sawn would be stronger than qtr.or rift sawn in this application?
   I could glue up a couple of pieces of 3/4x12 wide flat sawn oak..or I could resaw that oak into a four part lamination and glue cross wise?

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   oldusty | Sep 03, 2007 01:21am | #3

     BG,

         If you intersected the vertical center with the horizontal each section a 1/4 oval and on larger frames may be seamed up several boards to make each section . The joints are 90° , in theory .If you draw a little square with the point up in the center of the oval the grain orientation follows the sides of the square.The grain runs in a straight line from each section to the next.

    I would use  Rift, it would be more stable a board in general as opposed to flat .

             There wont be much torque on this frame .

                you can do it !                 dusty