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WOODWORKING - Invisibly Repair a Check

Posted: January 29th, 2010 | Author: Crusher | Filed under: Woodworking | Tags: , , , , |
InTheWorkshop asked:

Woodworking is a challenging and relaxing hobby. Woodworking has been a passion of Charles Neil’s since boyhood. Now, having become a professional in woodworking he is now sharing his woodworking tips via youtube.com, his woodworking webpage and other woodworking venues. He is taking time…

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12 Comments on “WOODWORKING - Invisibly Repair a Check”

  1. #1 flashnflaky said at 10:11 pm on January 30th, 2010:

    Whoa. Awesome tip! So smart!

  2. #2 zapatista512 said at 4:57 pm on February 1st, 2010:

    depends on the wood, what is on hand, and whether the labor is just yourself or others.

  3. #3 netjem said at 2:16 pm on February 4th, 2010:

    If I knew HALF of what this guy knows!
    Charles RULES!

  4. #4 markjtapply said at 6:02 am on February 5th, 2010:

    good solid old school technique but it’s more cost effective to just use another piece of wood. Labor costs will kill your profit!

  5. #5 whitetrashwoodwizard said at 8:04 am on February 5th, 2010:

    This guy owns all other woodworkers on Youtube.
    Good Stuff!!!

  6. #6 nowthatsit said at 4:42 pm on February 8th, 2010:

    cool trick!…heres one for you!
    Melamine Tops on your glue up benches clean up with ease :)

  7. #7 InTheWorkshop said at 12:53 am on February 9th, 2010:

    I hope you try this technique as it has worked well for us for many, many years.

  8. #8 szita2000 said at 11:54 pm on February 9th, 2010:

    We run into this problem many times in our workshop, but sometimes the checks opening up on an already machined piece ie: a panelled side of a furniture, and we found that if you simply break the piece in half along the check, you can clamp it back pretty much invisible. I`m personally not a firm believer that you can hide a cut from the bandsaw.

  9. #9 FreidaKirkland said at 3:23 pm on February 10th, 2010:

    that was cool - I’ve run into that problem so many times! Thanks for the help =>

  10. #10 InTheWorkshop said at 10:54 pm on February 13th, 2010:

    you are correct,normally,however in this situation it mirror images the opposite side and actually creates an interlock,which also helps to hide the seam,it really does work super well,the piece in the video was later used to do a small pie crust table top,and when finished the seam was simply not there.

  11. #11 Parker307 said at 5:01 pm on February 14th, 2010:

    I’m surprised you glue something up with the edge from a band saw. I always thought of that band saw cut as too rough to glue up.

  12. #12 kksw9 said at 5:32 am on February 18th, 2010:

    the guy knows his stuff