There are two methods i'm considering to use for joining wood together for creating a surface. Firstly, the wood being used are just pine 2x4's that I cut down so that they are perfectly square and straight. They have been cut and ready for the next step for several days now. The pieces are about 35" long and just under 3" wide with a thickness just over 1.25". The surface im looking to create will have final dimensions of 29.5" x 14.5" x 1.25". The images are pretty self explanatory. I and worried about bowing and cupping. More cupping than anything. Im thinking the method in the first pic will cup overall across it's width. I would glue and cure them within 3 sets of cauls I have. This would be the easist method for joining all these pieces together as well.
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This is the next method. It looks cool but that's not the reason why I am considering this method. At least for this project because the boards will be kind of hidden. But by cutting down the boards real short the overall bowing of each piece, if they even bow at all, wont be as drastic as a piece of a longer length. By having them turned every 3 pieces by 90 degree's they will be supporting each other. Some say the joints would break do to the bowing and cupping that might happen. What do you think? Which would be a better way to go?
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Just so you know I will be using four of these in such a way to create a desk for my stuff. So there will be framing under the surfaces etc. Thanks in advance people.
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This is the next method. It looks cool but that's not the reason why I am considering this method. At least for this project because the boards will be kind of hidden. But by cutting down the boards real short the overall bowing of each piece, if they even bow at all, wont be as drastic as a piece of a longer length. By having them turned every 3 pieces by 90 degree's they will be supporting each other. Some say the joints would break do to the bowing and cupping that might happen. What do you think? Which would be a better way to go?
s2.jpg
Just so you know I will be using four of these in such a way to create a desk for my stuff. So there will be framing under the surfaces etc. Thanks in advance people.
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