I did an earlier post with this question which got no replies. As this group
is usually excellent at providing help, I thought my earlier subject line
might have been confusing so I will try one more time. If you read the first
post and couldn't help and are now reading this one, I apologize for posting
twice.

I would like to make a decorative tapestry hanger in the form of a dowel. I
have mahogany but I want to make a laminate with a dark wood in the center
so that I end up with a mahogany dowel with a dark stripe in
it. Can anyone recommend a resource I can use to learn what compatible dark
wood I can
glue up with mahogany so that the dowel won't split later? I'm not sure if I
should be looking at shrinkage characteristics of the two woods and if so,
just how close do the shrinkage charteristics of the mahogany and the darker
wood have to be to each other?

TIA.

Dick Snyder

Dick Snyder wrote:
I did an earlier post with this question which got no replies. As
this group is usually excellent at providing help, I thought my
earlier subject line might have been confusing so I will try one more
time. If you read the first post and couldn't help and are now
reading this one, I apologize for posting twice.

I would like to make a decorative tapestry hanger in the form of a
dowel. I have mahogany but I want to make a laminate with a dark wood
in the center so that I end up with a mahogany dowel with a dark
stripe in
it. Can anyone recommend a resource I can use to learn what
compatible dark wood I can
glue up with mahogany so that the dowel won't split later? I'm not
sure if I should be looking at shrinkage characteristics of the two
woods and if so, just how close do the shrinkage charteristics of the
mahogany and the darker wood have to be to each other?

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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:12:30 -0400, "Dick Snyder"
wrote:

I did an earlier post with this question which got no replies. As this group
is usually excellent at providing help, I thought my earlier subject line
might have been confusing so I will try one more time. If you read the first
post and couldn't help and are now reading this one, I apologize for posting
twice.

I would like to make a decorative tapestry hanger in the form of a dowel. I
have mahogany but I want to make a laminate with a dark wood in the center
so that I end up with a mahogany dowel with a dark stripe in
it. Can anyone recommend a resource I can use to learn what compatible dark
wood I can
glue up with mahogany so that the dowel won't split later? I'm not sure if I
should be looking at shrinkage characteristics of the two woods and if so,
just how close do the shrinkage charteristics of the mahogany and the darker
wood have to be to each other?

TIA.

Dick Snyder




mahogany is an imprecise term. there are a gajillion woods called
mahogany, ranging from stuff the color of white pine to stuff as dark
as black walnut. since you want a dark stripe in the middle of your
mahogany, I'll assume you have one of the lighter varieties. those are
generally pretty soft lauan type woods from the asian tropics.

since the center dark stripe is sandwiched by 2 layers of lighter
woods, it has balanced forces. this is a pretty forgiving arrangement.
you can pretty much use whatever you want or can afford.

the biggest thing you can do to avoid warping after glueup is store
the woods together for a couple of weeks before you proceed.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will buy the dark wood and store in the room in
which the end product is to be finally located for a couple of weeks.
Dick Snyder


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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:12:30 -0400, "Dick Snyder"
wrote:

I did an earlier post with this question which got no replies. As this
group
is usually excellent at providing help, I thought my earlier subject line
might have been confusing so I will try one more time. If you read the
first
post and couldn't help and are now reading this one, I apologize for
posting
twice.

I would like to make a decorative tapestry hanger in the form of a dowel.
I
have mahogany but I want to make a laminate with a dark wood in the center
so that I end up with a mahogany dowel with a dark stripe in
it. Can anyone recommend a resource I can use to learn what compatible
dark
wood I can
glue up with mahogany so that the dowel won't split later? I'm not sure if
I
should be looking at shrinkage characteristics of the two woods and if so,
just how close do the shrinkage charteristics of the mahogany and the
darker
wood have to be to each other?

TIA.

Dick Snyder




mahogany is an imprecise term. there are a gajillion woods called
mahogany, ranging from stuff the color of white pine to stuff as dark
as black walnut. since you want a dark stripe in the middle of your
mahogany, I'll assume you have one of the lighter varieties. those are
generally pretty soft lauan type woods from the asian tropics.

since the center dark stripe is sandwiched by 2 layers of lighter
woods, it has balanced forces. this is a pretty forgiving arrangement.
you can pretty much use whatever you want or can afford.

the biggest thing you can do to avoid warping after glueup is store
the woods together for a couple of weeks before you proceed.

Screwed up my earlier post - I meant I will store both the dark wood and the
mahogany in the room where I plan to have the tapestry hanger (my living
room) for a couple of weeks.


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...
On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:12:30 -0400, "Dick Snyder"
wrote:

I did an earlier post with this question which got no replies. As this
group
is usually excellent at providing help, I thought my earlier subject line
might have been confusing so I will try one more time. If you read the
first
post and couldn't help and are now reading this one, I apologize for
posting
twice.

I would like to make a decorative tapestry hanger in the form of a dowel.
I
have mahogany but I want to make a laminate with a dark wood in the center
so that I end up with a mahogany dowel with a dark stripe in
it. Can anyone recommend a resource I can use to learn what compatible
dark
wood I can
glue up with mahogany so that the dowel won't split later? I'm not sure if
I
should be looking at shrinkage characteristics of the two woods and if so,
just how close do the shrinkage charteristics of the mahogany and the
darker
wood have to be to each other?

TIA.

Dick Snyder




mahogany is an imprecise term. there are a gajillion woods called
mahogany, ranging from stuff the color of white pine to stuff as dark
as black walnut. since you want a dark stripe in the middle of your
mahogany, I'll assume you have one of the lighter varieties. those are
generally pretty soft lauan type woods from the asian tropics.

since the center dark stripe is sandwiched by 2 layers of lighter
woods, it has balanced forces. this is a pretty forgiving arrangement.
you can pretty much use whatever you want or can afford.

the biggest thing you can do to avoid warping after glueup is store
the woods together for a couple of weeks before you proceed.