I have five or six slabs of cherry, two of which I wanted for myself to build another slab desk but my widest , best slab was dropped off a back of a truck and split in half [crying]!! What do I do with it now? Two slabs and one is split down the middle!
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Can you cut the break straight with a table saw or ts75 and then run the edges through a joiner and domino or biscuit together. If it's real thick or long that method may be tough or impossible.
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How clean is the break? What about dominoing/gluing it back together without cutting first?
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You could minorly clean up the split edges - or not - and then use butterflies to join them together.
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Yeah I was thinking same thing, but it's probably like has happened to me, splintering which makes going back together tight and stable tough. The butterflies really would look cool anyway though.
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You could also use a track saw to clean the edges of the split and then glue in a contrasting strip.
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Titebond and clamps?
Guys thanks a lot of great ideas here let me ask this and get an opinion. I'm new to fog and have built quite a bit of furniture but I want to build something nice with this cherry. What are a couple of items that you think would look good of slabs?
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I would try to glue and clamp first
or cut along the split with my TS75 and use the pieces for something
you could glue and clamp or domino a piece of contrasting wood in between the two pieces of cherry
I was at some art or architecture thing a long time ago and saw something I want to try at some point. The fabricator ran a stainless steel I beam between two pieces of wood for a desk. From what I remember the wood and I beam were roughly 6/4 or 8/4 thick. The I beam was offset from the center. The edges of the wood were routered so that the wood set into the I beam and the top and bottom were flush. Looked very cool.
Of course were to get such an I beam and what it would cost is probably one of the reasons I haven't gotten around to doing it.
Since you have more pieces would it be possible to use the other pieces for most of the desk surface and then use the split pieces facing each other. One on the flat, one vertical, at either the front or rear of the desk area as a backsplash or a front apron. The grain lines between the flat and vertical might be interesting.
Just some thoughts. Good luck.
or cut along the split with my TS75 and use the pieces for something
you could glue and clamp or domino a piece of contrasting wood in between the two pieces of cherry
I was at some art or architecture thing a long time ago and saw something I want to try at some point. The fabricator ran a stainless steel I beam between two pieces of wood for a desk. From what I remember the wood and I beam were roughly 6/4 or 8/4 thick. The I beam was offset from the center. The edges of the wood were routered so that the wood set into the I beam and the top and bottom were flush. Looked very cool.
Of course were to get such an I beam and what it would cost is probably one of the reasons I haven't gotten around to doing it.
Since you have more pieces would it be possible to use the other pieces for most of the desk surface and then use the split pieces facing each other. One on the flat, one vertical, at either the front or rear of the desk area as a backsplash or a front apron. The grain lines between the flat and vertical might be interesting.
Just some thoughts. Good luck.