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I'm going to build a table top lazy susan that will be fairly large out of oak. It will be circular. I had originally thought about doing some type of breadboard ends to keep it flat, but then I realized that the movement would change the width of boards compared to the length.
Other than cutting the boards into narrower pieces and flipping their orientation, what would be a good way to keep it flat? Making it out of four sections that are mitered together? The customer wants to paint and distress it.
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Battens on the underside?
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"Battens on the underside?"
I think they would have to be too thick to do any good. But maybe that combined with narrow alternating grain orientation boards?
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Can you use quarter-sawn white oak?
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"Can you use quarter-sawn white oak?"
I could use QSRO, but not for what I'm charging. If I was going to finish it to leave a wood finish, I would.
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Dimensions?
Based on your description, it's not going to be attached to the table. It's going to be painted, so why oak? is that just what you have on hand?
I was thinking about mitered sections, but eight sections, not four. But that's a lot of fussy work, for that piece.
Another thought: since it's going to be painted, you could have more than just a couple of boards glued together. I would think think that more strips of narrower width would give you some protection against cupping, particularly if you avoid pieces that are too far off the quartersawn orientation.
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... if you are going to paint it .... just use banded plywood ....
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(02-04-2021, 10:34 AM)Red Sawman Wrote: ... if you are going to paint it .... just use banded plywood ....
^^^^^^ Baltic birch with edge banding.
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(02-04-2021, 10:34 AM)Red Sawman Wrote: ... if you are going to paint it .... just use banded plywood ....
(02-04-2021, 05:20 PM)jteneyck Wrote: ^^^^^^ Baltic birch with edge banding.
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If you are going to paint it, Oak is the harder choice. The grain is so open you’ll need to use a filler to get any sort of smooth finish.
