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   BruceS | Dec 21, 2011 05:44pm | #1

   I would guess that you do not plan on staining the walnut.    My fix would be to get some of the thin "HOT"  CA glue and add a drop at a time to seal and fill the almost invisable crack and then sand lightly and let the dust act as the final filler.   You will probably need a magnifying glass to see the repair.

   After 100 years it will just look old ;-)

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   roc | Dec 21, 2011 10:40pm | #2

   Bruce,

   Would you call that 

   is it a

   shake ?

   Or is it just a crack that the OP caused ?

   I am thinking it was in the wood ( a shake ) and it just showed up more with handling.

   I had that happen to me when I made my big monster wooden finish plane.  It is prety easy to see in this photo.

   Dankolesar,

   That is a nice looking panel !

   
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   BruceS | Dec 22, 2011 08:38pm | #5

   Shake or check ?

   Not wind shake,  they follow the annular rings.   Could be Heart shake or felling shake,  maybe a drying check.

   I  doubt it was originally caused by the OP.   I think it just opened up more when it was milled.

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   roc | Dec 23, 2011 12:48am | #7

   Looks like it is going tobe after Xmas or next year for my plane

   >Wind shake, Heart shake , felling shake,  drying check.<

   That is one reason why I ordered a wooden finish plane from Old Street Tool (Larry Williams etc).

   Finding thick stock to make a hand plane seems to be fraught with risk of less than excellent stock.

   He knows how to select the good stock.  Besides knowing how to make the plane once he gets the stuff.

   dankolesar,

   Looking forward to seeing the cradle completed !  Please post photos.

    

2. 
   RalphBarker | Dec 22, 2011 11:49am | #3

   cracks

   Although it is hard to say for sure, my guess would be that there were internal stresses in the board which were allowed to split when the panel was raised. The real question is how far the crack will want to extend over time. Absent cutting a new panel, the CA glue suggestion strikes me as a reasonable approach.

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   dankolesar | Dec 22, 2011 04:21pm | #4

   Gentlemen,

   Thanks for your responses.  I ordered some thin CA glue and will give your suggestion a try.  The perfectionist in me was tempted to cut a new panel, but since this is a gift for my wife's friend and walnut is $7+/bf here in AK, frugality triumphs over perfectionism this time.

   Dan

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   BruceS | Dec 22, 2011 08:49pm | #6

   Be extremely carefull with the Thin hot stuff CA glue !!!!!   It is nearly instant with skin ( how would I know that?)

   I hope you ordered the solvent too.  Another warning,   the thin CA hot stuff is water thin so make an extremely small hole in the glue bottle tip ( fine sewing needle)  you don't want to flood the area.

   Do a practice run on scrap first.

    

4. 
   BruceS | Dec 25, 2011 10:36pm | #8

   Solvent

   "Emergency use"  Trust me on getting some unless you want to go around a few days making a semi perment OK sign.

   Skip the syringe,  pin hole is fine.

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   RalphBarker | Dec 26, 2011 11:19am | #9

   one more pointer

   Don't lick the tip of the glue applicator.  ;-)