Filling Knotholes

What I do

jim_reed@marietta

>If it is an open knothole, I use a chisel to carve a new knot. Carve, test fit, carve, etc. Glue into place. After drying, cut flush and then plane smoothe. Then all you have to fill is the area around it. Good luck with yours.

Re: Filling Knotholes

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>What about an Epoxy Inlay? I have a couple of knots I'd like to cover up in a Maple board and thought I'd fill most of it with some sort of putty like Durham's and then do a dark brown epoxy inlay.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Dan Clermont

Re: Filling Knotholes

Jim in Burlington Ontario

>I use some CA glue first to make sure the knot's not going to come out.

Re: What I do

David Miller from Iowa

>Agree with Jim. Again. I don't like filling holes with waxy stuff - it's like having body putty on your car, just creepy. I have been called eccentric, but I have a number of empty knotholes in things I've made. Or, even better, chop a butterfly over the whole thing - properly done, it really adds some class to the piece.

PS Jim - got the cutters, Thanks

Thanks, guys....

Frank Mutchler

>The knothole was empty and what was left was black. I melted some of the burn stick into the hole and built it up until it completely filled the hole. It sands very easily and I don't think the average person can tell it isn't a natural knothole. I've seen formulas somewhere...one of Tage Frid's books??.....where he makes up some of this stuff.

Here it is

jim_reed@marietta

>Here is a picture of a recent filled knot. This one is cherry and is the fall front of a desk. I whittled out the *new* knot and glued it in. Then filled in the cracks with brown glue. After stain, it will be an interesting item of charm.