Problem is I didn't have any Poplar or other split resistant wood of the correct size in the wood pile and I did have this Cherry cut off. This was a trial build so what the hell, might as well use the Cherry.
The good news is the legs are fine and all I have to do is make another top out of a wood that does not split as easily as Cherry. The other good news is I learned a bit about chair making which bottom line this is about. Baby steps dontcha know.
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Still looks like a sizeable chunk of the cherry could be used for something else. Did it split when you drove the legs home or when you drilled the holes for them?
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DeleteIt was pretty much just a cut off, now it is a smaller cutoff. Yeah, me and Lumpy got a little too enthusiastic. Drilling and reaming were no problem.
I kinda expected this outcome from experience with Cherry. It is not a big loss, this was more a prototype than anything else and the important lessons were learned.
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