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    Default Edge strips on end grain

    Hi, I am building a console table with a Silky Oak top, 1300 X 300 X 25 mm. It consists of 3 boards & I have tapered/feathered the ends to 18 mm. I am unhappy with the look end grain & would like to glue a 12 mm wide strip of Jarrah to the ends of the table. Have any members had positive results with this approach? Peter

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    Unfortunately that approach does not allow for expansion and contraction across the width of the top and will most likely fail. You could research breadboard ends, as this is the approach most often used when the builder wishes to conceal the end grain and help prevent warping of a table top.
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    Gluing long grain to end grain never ends well.

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    Default End grain gluing

    Thanks guys!! Back to the drawing board..........

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