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Rule of thumb I learned was 1/8" of movement across the grain per foot (yes, this is a gross simplification) and not to worry about anything less than a foot. -
I think I figured out my MDF tear-out woes. I grabbed a scrap pieces and made a bunch of relief cuts without being able to reproduce the problem. All cuts nice and clean, no issues at the exits or where they crossed. (Yes, the bit will pull the piece a fair amount if you don't brace it.) At first I was baffled but then realized on my block I had the tear-out problems routing on the edge of the laminated MDF pieces. So I flipped the scrap piece up on its edge and routed that and it showed clear delamination where the bit exited. I glued up another laminated block and will play more tomorrow, but looks it's what I'm seeing is all an issue with routing through the MDF vertically (as the joke goes: don't do that). I hadn't thought of MDF as a lamination, but that seems to be what it is.
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Originally there were #0 through #12. #0 started at .06” diameter and each number went up in increments of .013”. Now you mostly only see #6, 8, 10, 12. I would guess that the sizes and increments were tied to the tools/equipment they had available at the time it was established, but I haven’t ever heard the real reasoning behind it. -
The boss was on vacation and said I could do my own work in the shop. A friend needed a small dining room table. The entire table was the lowest grade walnut so I bought it. All I could afford. It was mostly juvenile wood. I thought the table was a complete failure. It did get cracks in the top. The owner of the table fills and sands a lot over the years and likes the work. The apron and legs are still connected. And they dont mind the sanding. They look forward to it. It turns out that various family members use it from a year to ten years at a time have used and enjoyed having it. And it is in current use for the last 9 years. It is the first thing I built on my own and expected it to be firewood. And there was an early and valuable lesson learned! The wood matters. Understanding wood matters. Experience is my best teacher. When I knew them I was into baking bread. I gave them some bread. My bread with my name next after the bread in their recipe book. And they still make the bread. -
By wtnhighlander · Posted
Glued the face frame to the carcase today. Used every long clamp I had, and needed a few more. No photos, the carnage is just too horrible...
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