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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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god. dammit I have to table saw this butcher block apart.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

won't those those two strips be slightly narrower now?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

yes, by about 1/16th each including table sawing and jointing.

[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Put a 1/8 strip of a differently colored wood between

Or make them the new edge boards

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Making them the new edge boards wouldn't really help anything, in order to prevent blow out while planing the surface I put a chamfer around the outer edges with a block plane. To get rid of that I'd have to joint off about 1/16" from each side anyway. 1/16" isn't visually much over 1 3/4"