Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Newbie question
Carole in VA
>Can I laminate walnut and cherry together to get a block thick enough for a bowl? I don't see why not, but what type of glue should be used? Do you run into problems with wood movement when mixing different kinds of wood?
Re: Newbie question
Lan Brady
>Carole,
I glued segmented rings of Walnut and Cherry together over 15 years ago. It is a pencil holder that is still on my desk today. No cracks or sepreations.
Lan
Re: Newbie question
Mark Kauder, Phenix City, AL
>Carole,
There should be no reason that you could not do it. Use Titebond (any of the variations). Get good flat mateing surfaces. Clamp.
I might suggest that you cross the grain on the layers. That should help resist movements - kinda like giant plywood.
Mark
Re: Newbie question
Bill Howatt
>I've done cherry on cherry, cherry on maple. I ran boards through planer first to get them flat and then glued them. I try to match the color of the glue to the wood if it is same type of wood. Have used white glue and polyurethane.
I aligned the grains, not cross, so they both move in unison which does assume that they move about the same. Seemed safer to me than crossing. So far after few years no problems.
A simple trick is to cut out the rough opening of the bowl in the top board and with a jig-saw and then you can glue it on the bottom of the lower board to form a pedestal.
Bill
Re: Newbie question
John Trant (Baltimore/WashDC)
>Make sure to let the glue dry fully or you will get glue creep.
John
