Yesterday I met a nice couple that have moved to my neighbourhood about six moths ago. When they heared that I'm a woodworker they invited me to their flat to show me their table that had a problem. What I saw was a woodworking horror.
They have a nice and simple oak table. The top of the table (about 2 m long and 80 cm wide) is made from the old floor (so I assume that the boards are dry) - parallel planks finished with breadboard ends. But... every single plank was convex and three or four of the glue joints between them failed, leaving a gap that was a least 5mm wide. When they bought the table six months ago the top looked well. What do you thing might caused the problem? (Unfortunatelly I don't have any photos).
I have some ideas:
1. The breadboard ends may be glued to the planks and there is no space left for the wood movement.
2. The top side of the tabletop was laquered while the bottom wasn't. That cause uneven humidity absorption which eventually caused cracking and waving.
3. Maybe the planks were not as dry as they should be.
I'm not sure if those mistakes during the production proces might have caused such a great failure of the table. Those are big mistakes but... the condition of the table was so poor that I think that there may be something more.
They have a nice and simple oak table. The top of the table (about 2 m long and 80 cm wide) is made from the old floor (so I assume that the boards are dry) - parallel planks finished with breadboard ends. But... every single plank was convex and three or four of the glue joints between them failed, leaving a gap that was a least 5mm wide. When they bought the table six months ago the top looked well. What do you thing might caused the problem? (Unfortunatelly I don't have any photos).
I have some ideas:
1. The breadboard ends may be glued to the planks and there is no space left for the wood movement.
2. The top side of the tabletop was laquered while the bottom wasn't. That cause uneven humidity absorption which eventually caused cracking and waving.
3. Maybe the planks were not as dry as they should be.
I'm not sure if those mistakes during the production proces might have caused such a great failure of the table. Those are big mistakes but... the condition of the table was so poor that I think that there may be something more.