Another question from the peanut gallery

Rich · 2004-02-20T14:52:18+00:00

As most of you know I have been makinf cutting boards, mostly from oak. Iget my wood from machinery pallets. Most all of it is very rough and I haveto do some work to get a square and even surface to start from. once I getthe wood square then cut and glue it I find that even after 24 hours ofclamping my slabs seem to start to seperate. My question is this, is thewood still "green" and the moisture content still to high or am I notwaiting long enough for the glue to dry? I also notice that if I put morepressure on the clamp I get substantial glue squeeze out.Thanks for your helpRich

Feb 20, 2004 25 Replies

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Mark 22 years ago

Come on Silvan, we musent have style or personality. We must be bland so as not to offend the most sensitive among us.

Bullshit.

Having worked in shipping and receiving I can say A to Z is not an understatement. Common carriers and cartage companies carry everything. I've seen 'substances' on the floor of about every trailer I've been in. Packages rupture regularly. I've also had materials pass through the department that I knew were mis-marked (such is the nature of government contractors). Then there is the dust from tow motor tires that have driven through the plant picking up God knows what.

I once received a shipment of slightly leaking sacks on a pallet marked with Scull and Cross Bones and also marked 'food grade'.

Mayhaps you don't even want to be near the sawdust from some pallets.

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Lowell Holmes 22 years ago

You could design some furniture with the John Deere green on it and start a new craze. It might make your fortune. :-) After all, antique pine (used to be trash wood) sells for $5/board foot. I wonder what the beams they are salvaging from the old warehouses in Galveston have on them?

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Jim K 22 years ago

You're almost always going to get attacked by someone on a newsgroup - any newsgroup. Among other things, they're called flamers. And them and the single-digit I.Q. profanity posters are part of price you pay for the knowledge you can get on this groups.

Ignore both and you'll be OK.

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Dave Balderstone 22 years ago

As a bland and sensitive person I take offense at your statements and ask you to please be even more bland and sensitive.

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Leon 22 years ago

Actually I would not use POROUS Oak for cutting boards either. A closed grain wood would be more suitable and easier to proper clean.

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Silvan 22 years ago

I don't like working in the back of these trucks either. We haul furniture, but our trailers are all recycled. There's no telling what's in that omnipresent dust. Every time I let a box drop too quickly, I get engulfed in a cloud.

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