On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:26:59 GMT, "toller" wrote:

I have a shop-made box joint router jig. I have used it about 10 times and
it gives perfect joints.

Today I made two identical boxes at the same time; one out of quilted maple
and one of bubinga.

The bubinga is fine, just like the others. The maple is too tight. I ran
it again, but it is still too tight.
I ran them the same time on the same jig and same router bit. All four
bubinga are fine; all four maple are too tight.

I can't make any sense out of this, except that there is something weird
about quilted maple, but I can't imagine what that could even be. The maple
is air-dried, but it was dry when I bought it, and has been in my shop for
about 4 months.

Anyone make sense out of this?



Quilted Maple is by nature a wood of uneven tension throughout its
width and thickness. It is also quite hard and not as forgiving as a
softer wood in applications such as yours.

This combination is difficult to deal with when doing a box joint.

I would suspect that the first ten times you used the jig was with
mild mannered woods that were softer than the maple.



BTW - have you tried the Italian version of Bubinga - Badabinga?


(watson - badaboom...cymbal crash...)



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