I posted this yesterday, but somehow it does not show in Google groups, so I'm reposting it. Sorry if it's a dupe. I am including some correspondence I've had off-line (which proves that someone did see my post!) iouri
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Hi Mike, thank you very much for your reply!
By solid cherry panel I mean "glued up boards cherry panel". I do not have a biscuit joiner, but I guess I could rent one at HomeDepot... although it seems simpler to just rout a groove in both the panel and the border and glue a spline around the perimiter and in the miter. Something I am worried about is that if I rout a groove at the mid-depth of the board, it would be half in the wood, half in MDF. It that a problem? BTW, should I use MDF or plywood?
Thanks, iouri
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike G" To: "Pefferie" Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: Re: Making a kitchen island countertop
First important question to be answered is, what do you mean by solid cherry
> panel? Cherry plywood panel or glued up boards cherry panel? That is going
> to be a major factor in answering several of your questions.
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> For the best appearance the ends of the border should be mitered. I'd
> probably use FF biscuits but you have to have a biscuits jointer that is
> adjustable to the irregular angles. Splines would work well as will dowels
> if you can drill the holes at the proper angle. A lot depends on what tools
> you have to work with and how good you are with them.
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> Generally you'd want to be easing edges and such after the piece is all
> glued up and the glue has cured.
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> Mike G.
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> > Hi,
> > I want to make a countertop for a kitchen island that would create a
> > separation between the kitchen and the living room. In a building
> > materials salvage store, I bought:
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> > A solid cherry panel (3/4" thick)
> > Mahogany boards (1.5" thick)
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> > My plan is to glue another panel to the underside of the cherry one to
> > make it thicker and make a ~ 1.5" mahogany border around the
> > perimiter.
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> > The project is complicated by the fact that the island is an irregular > > hexagone.
> >
> > As I have very little experience with woodworking, I would appreciate
> > any constructive advice, especially:
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> > 1. What should I glue to the board's underside - MDF or plywood? What
> > gue should I use?
> > 2. How do I attach the border - just glue, glue + tongue-and-groove, > > biscuits?
> > How do I join the ends of the border segments - miter or rabbet
> > with dowels, or? If the segments are just glued together, is there a
> > risk that they could separate due to the board's shrinkage and
> > swelling (even if it is glued to MDF)? What kind of glue?
> > 3. Routing the outer edge of the border - should I glue the border and
> > then rout it, or rout the segments before gluing on a router table? > > > > Thanks,
> > iouri
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