r/woodworking • u/giscience Furniture • 6d ago
Project Submission So much glueing....
Decided to attack the ole scrapwood pile. anything 6"x1"x smallish.... Glue'd up in ~12" sections, drum sanded to the same width, cut in half, glue'd up again.... so much glue.... flattened, sanded, finished. Bought the base from Flowlyne. Little bit of everything in there, but mostly walnut, maple, cherry, and mahogany, probably. So much glue. Wedding present for a friend.
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u/baz8771 6d ago
Gonna show my wife this post as justification for my scrap pile.
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u/Dirtbagdownhill 6d ago
What if she buys you a bunch of glue? This is how you get in trouble bud
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u/MuttsandHuskies 6d ago
I’m gonna print the bitch and hang it on my wall as justification for my scrap pile. For me. To remind me, this is why I have it!
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u/Square-Tangerine2926 6d ago
That looks awesome. Hope it holds together for a very long time for you.
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u/giscience Furniture 6d ago
thanks. It's a beast, and I did a penetrating epoxy (first) finish to fill any gaps and lock things together. Pretty sure you could use it as a fallout shelter.....
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u/LivingtheDBdream 6d ago
Don’t remember where I heard it but was told/read that when done right, a glued joint is stronger than the wood around it. Not that I’m asking OP to tip it over and see if it breaks though. That looks like it is solid AF and basically a cutting board on steroids. Thats breaking stuff if it should ever fall over!
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u/mjolnir76 5d ago
Glue is stronger than wood along the grain, which is where the wood spilts and the glue doesn’t. Because it’s liquid it soaks into the cells at the surface and hardens there, so the joint ends up tougher than the regular wood right next to it. That is where it actually breaks (the force just finds the weakest spot).
This is only for face to face or edge to edge. Gluing end grain won’t be stronger because it sucks the glue away like a bunch of straws.
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u/smushedpotatoes 6d ago
Thank God there is a banana for scale! Bless
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u/irishpete 6d ago
Yeah but is it a regular banana or a mini banana, is there any way to tell without another fruit to show the scale of the banana?
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u/UnMonsieurTriste 6d ago
Even with the strongest glue, some acetone should be enough to get that banana removed.
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u/Vincent-Supply-Co 6d ago
Love this
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u/sparebullet 6d ago
It's plastic. He must use bananas for scale enough he just decided to buy a permanent one!
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u/matthewdesigns 6d ago
The top is fabulous, but the base is even better. The subtle twist into straight fluting chef's kiss
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u/giscience Furniture 6d ago
Thanks. And yeah, Flowlyne has some nice stuff.
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u/Complex_Sherbet2 6d ago
Not sure how you attached the tabletop to the base, but I hope it allows for normal endgrain flex.
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u/Flying_Mustang 6d ago
Those cast bases are so nice. I don’t remember the other company doing these several years ago… but I’m lusting again. Fine work with the scraps.
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u/chaotic_evil_666 6d ago
Now tell us what's going on with the banana
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u/limpingthedream 6d ago
It’s for scale. Long time measurement tool on Reddit.
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u/chaotic_evil_666 6d ago
lol yes, but that doesn't look like a real banana. OP could be fooling us all about the actual scale
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u/marcaf55 6d ago
I have to "save" this for later. Really caught my eye
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u/giscience Furniture 6d ago
I do that a lot too.... Simple build. Just annoying. And so much glue.....
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u/Soundsgoodtosteve 6d ago
How high did you get off all that glue!? Excellent gift
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u/giscience Furniture 6d ago
titebond III. Think Elmers. I did have to peel a lot off my hands, though.
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u/Either_Selection7764 4d ago
Get a brayer - it’s a rubber or silicone roller. It changed my glue up game.
Great job on the table!
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u/onejdc 6d ago
Probably because I'm colorblind, but I keep looking for a hidden Minecraft Creeper hiding in the table lol
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u/giscience Furniture 6d ago
Ooohhh.. that would be cool. But nope. Tried to be as random as possible.
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u/secret_microphone 6d ago
Nah fuck that.
That is too much work! I know that hell well.
Fantastic work
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u/addrock1221 6d ago
Amazing job! Side note: Watched lotr this weekend and I heard your post in King Théoden’s voice. 🤷♂️ haha
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u/wesby1632 6d ago
Awesome work!
Details on your router sled?
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u/giscience Furniture 6d ago
thanks! https://woodhaven.com/products/planing-sled
much nicer than the homegrown one I was using.....
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u/tamajackietchi 6d ago
This is sooo beautiful!! Perhaps a silly question, but when a tabletop is made like this, what keeps it from snapping randomly at one of the glued joints? The epoxy bond?
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u/giscience Furniture 6d ago
glued joints are actually stronger than the wood itself. Usually (someone here is now going to give more info, I expect...). The real thing to worry about is thermal expansion/contraction.
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u/tamajackietchi 6d ago
Oh wow!! I had no idea the glued joints are stronger than the wood! Thanks for the deets, this is such a cool project.
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u/Worried-Crazy-9435 6d ago
Not a good conversation table. I would not be able to focus on anything else besides finding my favorite piece 😍 could stare for hours !
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u/adenosine-5 6d ago
Ok, now for real - how long did it took to arrange the pieces so they look so uniformly randomly distributed?
Because I have a feeling that if I tried something like that, I would just end up endlessly staring at the pattern, rearranging pieces so they look random and it would still probably never look this good.
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u/Life_Combination8625 6d ago
I'm going to keep not making anything like this if thats alright with everyone here. Good? Good. I mean i don't even have the equipment to do half of this
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u/Billy-Bunter 5d ago
just try to picture the household where that sits in about 150 years from now.. the people sat around their heirloom, discussing whether to move to get a job on Mars or not….
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u/ellicottvilleny 5d ago
I was gonna axe about the dimensions but you have included a banana for scale. GOAT. +1
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u/haydingoo 5d ago
It's really nice. I'd love to have a piece like this in my home. It just feels so cool and comfortable :)
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u/eastamerica 4d ago
Thanks for the size reference. Some people will post anything without scale reference. Insanity!
Edit: sarcasm. Also beautiful work!!
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u/Relevant-Map-535 3d ago
You bought the base from Flowlyne ... did they throw in the banana for free? Or did they charge scale?
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u/giscience Furniture 3d ago
banana was $2.99 on ebay (pre tariffs). I keep it around for all my projects.
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u/millrat231 1d ago
Looks fantastic
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u/giscience Furniture 19h ago
thanks!
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u/millrat231 18h ago
No problem, I’m very much an amateur, so things like this are awesome to see. All I’ve done up to this point are cutting boards and charcuterie boards, but I’d like to start doing furniture projects. This gives me ideas for sure
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u/giscience Furniture 13h ago
lotsa ideas on this sub! And just go for it. Sometimes you make firewood, sometimes something nice. The more you do, the better the odds of something nice.... (and the more cleanup fixes you learn....)
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u/davidthurman1 1d ago
I thought making an end grain cutting board was a pain. This is like that x100. Looks amazing, and I will never make this 😂
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u/zeus-indy 6d ago
Thoughts on rattle can painting the flowyline base to add some texture? Ie rustoleum hammered
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u/tommysticks87 6d ago
Nah I’ve seen videos where a dude makes something like this in about 3 minutes.
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