Have been commissioned to build a solid wood bench 10' in length by 21" wide and a depth of an inch and a half. The bench is going to be mainly used to sit on to remove boots, down in a customers mudroom. The bench is going to be built into a set of locker cabinets. My planer and drum sander are smaller bench top models with a capacity of 12". Trying to feed a 10 foot glue up through the planer sounds like a bear. Would I be better off doing 4 smaller sections?
The plan is to use poplar (customers choice) face glued with edge grain exposed on the top.
Do I need to worry about grain direction with this type of glue up or would the wood movement all be in the same direction?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, as I have done smaller glue ups but this would be by far the largest.
The plan is to use poplar (customers choice) face glued with edge grain exposed on the top.
Do I need to worry about grain direction with this type of glue up or would the wood movement all be in the same direction?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, as I have done smaller glue ups but this would be by far the largest.