This question came about on my previous post on the "wood" forum regarding 16/4 walnut but I figured that I would put it here for more traffic.
I am going to build a bed out of walnut and the legs are 3" x 3" with a slight taper on the inside of an otherwise square leg. Something like this:
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I am now concerned with using one big piece of lumber due to the risk of having it warp.
1) how real is this risk if I get Walnut stock that has been air-dried for 6-12 months then kiln dried?
2) how strange will it look to have 2 pieces of walnut glued up on a bed leg?
3) 4-sided miter; how to account for the slight, asymmetrical taper?
Thanks
I am going to build a bed out of walnut and the legs are 3" x 3" with a slight taper on the inside of an otherwise square leg. Something like this:
|......|
|......|
|......|
|......|
|......|
|...../
|..../
|__/
I am now concerned with using one big piece of lumber due to the risk of having it warp.
1) how real is this risk if I get Walnut stock that has been air-dried for 6-12 months then kiln dried?
2) how strange will it look to have 2 pieces of walnut glued up on a bed leg?
3) 4-sided miter; how to account for the slight, asymmetrical taper?
Thanks