Use of oak in dining room table
unTreatedwood
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I made a round table last summer to match a piece of furniture I had seen in a client’s meeting room. It consisted of pie-shaped pieces of oak with a border of milled oak finishing the circumference edge. I duplicated it fine, and have since turned it into a 9′ long table with 2 leafs. But when the winter came, it contracted far worse than I had anticipated. I have had suggestions which would add a humidifier in the dining room. The pieces have all contracted, (they are 20″ long and approx 9″ wide.) Will the added humidity help restrict the contraction this next winter? Other pieces I have made have not experienced this amount of contraction. What should I do at this point.
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Try sending this over to "knots" and see what they say.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/
Big long mitres, eh, in solid timber? It sounds like you're in some trouble. The humidifiers might help, but I suspect the original that you copied was most likely a veneer job over man made board. Slainte, RJ.
I tend to agree with you. I was unable to make a detailed evaluation of the original piece. But after seeing the performance of the solid stock, I can't imagine that it was not veneered. In any case, I am trying to figure out how stabilize what I have, if possible. It may not be possible. Someone suggested I send this to Knots. I am brand new to this forum and will have to figure out what that it and how to do it. Should be easy to do I would guess. Thanks for your response.
Up above on this page you should see all of the Taunton pubs. hold your mouse over the grey Knots until the little hand shows and click. This will take you to the same type of forum as this and do the same thing there as you did in Breaktime to post your question. If you have problems or wish someone here to post on your behalf than you only need ask and someone will gladly do it.
Good luck.