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How practical is it to face glue two 4/4 pieces of walnut together and plane down them down to 6/4? I have a vacuum press and planer, so I can get a good tight fit.
The application is a table leaf, so you will technically see the edge when the leaf is installed. My concern is that it may warp. <!—-><!—->
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Let them dry a week or two, and then face joint and re-glue. Use long cauls, or your vac bag, and you should be fine.
After the glue cures, let it sit for another few days. Re-joint, plane and cut to size....
You should be fine.
Regards,
JM
I can see how that much glue could warp the pieces. Maybe use epoxy instead? You'd have to keep it really thin for an invisible joint.
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Neil, Epoxy doesn't change the MC of the wood, so none of the problems expected by the above posters would mater. That would my my choice.
Neil,
I did something similar in order to bookmatch the left and right side of dresser drawers. Resawed 4/4 walnut in half to make the bookmatch, glued each half to another piece of walnut, then planed each down to the correct thickness. The glueline and wood mismatch is slightly noticeable from the sides/top of the drawer, but not significant. No problems with movement.
Paul
You should be fine I did this to make a front door out of walnut I face jointed one face of each board and glued them together with titebond 3 and then reface jointed the glue-up and planed it to the correct thickness. I did not vacuem press the glue up just used lots of clamps.
Good luck
Troy
I might be inclined to flip one so the grain alternated to further prevent warping.
no problem. Just glue it and clamp it flat. If the boards are nice and flat before the glue up. There will be no problem with warping later.
Pardon my spelling,
Mike
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