Hand Tools Archive

Subject:
Picture also shows why gluing end grain is weak
Response To:
picture of what you are planing *PIC* ()

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
When gluing end grain there is little wood to wood mating. It is mostly wood to air mating with a correspondingly weaker joint. Think gluing a bundle of soda straws end to end vs. edge to edge.

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