Thanks: 0
Likes: 0
Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 1 to 6 of 6
Thread: Dealing with surface cracks
-
29th December 2007, 02:00 AM #1
Member
- Join Date
- Feb 2004
- Posts
- 50
Dealing with surface cracks
I have some timber which is otherwise good but has lots of "surface" cracks which are very fine, say .25 of a mm wide, and up to 150 mm long, but which can be quite deep, say 5-10 mm. Any suggestions about how to deal with them would be appreciated. The timber is 50 mm thick so I can plane the surface but I don't want to loose 5 or 10 mm.
-
29th December 2007 02:00 AM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Posts
- Many
-
29th December 2007, 02:51 AM #2
Yank Down Under
- Join Date
- Jun 2007
- Location
- Melbourne, VIC
- Posts
- 395
What kind of timber, and what are you going to use it for?
Do nothing, stay ahead
-
29th December 2007, 12:03 PM #3
Member
- Join Date
- Feb 2004
- Posts
- 50
Jarrah and bookcases.
-
29th December 2007, 12:35 PM #4
GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
- Location
- Munruben, Qld
- Age
- 83
- Posts
- 10,027
I guess the only option you have is to fill the crack, probably with a resin filler if you don't want to trim it down. I would have thought even if you had to lose 10 mil off the timber that 40mm would still be ample thick enough for a book case.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
-
29th December 2007, 12:40 PM #5
Hoarder of Timber
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- East Warburton, Vic
- Age
- 54
- Posts
- 14,208
2 ways that you can deal with them,
1- use them as they are and carry on as normal, you won't get rid of them all.
2- try to source some boards without surface checks.
To get boards without any defects in it is like trying to win the lottery. Think about where they will show up once the project is finished. Put the worst ones where they will get covered by books or keep the best sides facing up or out with the worst facing down or in depending on where it is.
Just about anything I've made with timber has had the timber moved and flipped till I can get the best effect out of what I have to play with, but you'll still get some that you just can't do anything about.Cheers
DJ
ADMIN
-
29th December 2007, 12:41 PM #6
That's SIR!!......Not CUR
- Join Date
- Jul 2003
- Location
- On the Downs, Darling SEQld
- Posts
- 1,167
Thinking to Much
My thinking is:
No matter how small a layer one takes off,
one will never gain strength.
Leave them, and perhaps FILL and Polish
Navvi
Reply With Quote
Similar Threads
-
Dealing With Forum Sponsors
By watson in forum HAVE YOUR SAYReplies: 8Last Post: 26th September 2007, 09:54 AM -
Dealing with SAP in oregon
By Programmer in forum TIMBERReplies: 5Last Post: 16th April 2007, 11:52 PM -
Filling Cracks
By Terry B in forum WOODTURNING - GENERALReplies: 8Last Post: 21st June 2006, 08:15 PM -
Its A Pleasure Dealing With Nice People
By echnidna in forum ANNOUNCEMENTSReplies: 12Last Post: 17th May 2006, 12:55 PM -
cracks near the spacers
By ss_11000 in forum WOODTURNING - PEN TURNINGReplies: 6Last Post: 28th January 2006, 09:09 PM
