Keith Thomas
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I did a glue up of some maple for a drawer front. the wood looked fine. I did the glue up and then when it was ready I started to trim it to size. I was squaring up one side with a 1 inch cut. At first I thought my glue failed but then realized
it was the wood. it just snapped in 2. so I made another 1" cut and looked it over. could not see any crack but when I stressed it , it snapped in the same place. so did the next 2 cuts but I cant see anything wrong with the board. By matching up the board to the cut pieces to see where the weak spot is I "think" I can just barely see a crack on one side. But its so slight I'm not even sure. There was no obvious check in the plank it came from. it is really dis-heartening. It is the worst batch off maple I ever had to dig through to get wood. the shop said the price keeps going up and the quality down.
it was the wood. it just snapped in 2. so I made another 1" cut and looked it over. could not see any crack but when I stressed it , it snapped in the same place. so did the next 2 cuts but I cant see anything wrong with the board. By matching up the board to the cut pieces to see where the weak spot is I "think" I can just barely see a crack on one side. But its so slight I'm not even sure. There was no obvious check in the plank it came from. it is really dis-heartening. It is the worst batch off maple I ever had to dig through to get wood. the shop said the price keeps going up and the quality down.