Quote:
Originally Posted by ZipZap
Beautiful work.
Quick question. If one does not have a planer, what it the best way to remove the glue? Definitely heard wiping down while wet is bad, but I'm thinking of making a large knife block with 1" boards and dados. Can I just belt sand it?
|
when you glue up the strips, before clamping them up, use 2-3 sets of cauls to keep the strips flat to one another, then clamp up. this will reduce the amount of later sanding to get them flat later.
after about 2 hours of drying, the glue has set enough to unclamp and gently handle the piece, it's at this point that i take a cheap chisel and remove as much of the glue as i can. then let it cure overnight and then instead of running thru the planer, sand flat with a belt sander, 60 grit should suffice, so you can cross cut and do another glue up with the end grain showing.