end grain to end grain gluing
john lucas
this is for John K Jordan. I have started this ornament. This end grain method gives you a larger surface area. I use the router with an index wheel to make 36 V grooves in the end of the light wood. Then I do the same with the Walnut. They mate up very well and the glue holds great. After those two were glued I did the same thing by routing the Walnut and then the white wood (box elder I think). The grooves need to be the same depth so I use a popsicle stick between my fence and the router base plate. I adjust the banjo until the router but just barely touches the wood. Pull out the popsicle stick and then route the grooves. I suppose you could use something more accurate such as a Drill bit of a certain size or feeler gauges but this works for me.
The other grooves were routed using the same set up but the router was set on the side instead of on the end. I hope to finish this ornament shortly but I have an electrical problem with the input line to the shop. The guy is coming over this afternoon to solve it for me. Thinks it might be a defective 100 amp circuit breaker but needs to check it to tell me for sure.
