Here's why you don't glue slabs of wood cross grain

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This article was in a 'newsletter' I got from American Furniture Design.
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IIRC most movement is tangent to the annual rings and a lessor amount perpendicular to the rings.


A detail commonly lacking in these articles. I like to never got a straight answer when I raised the question a while back. . . . . . Thanks again Chuck!;)
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[quote="JPG40504"]IIRC most movement is tangent to the annual rings and a lessor amount perpendicular to the rings.


A detail commonly lacking in these articles. I like to never got a straight answer when I raised the question a while back. . . . . . Thanks again Chuck!]
Yep, you remember correctly.

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