Clamp them together and leave to dry. Nigel B. I work with dogwood quite a bit. In this video he explores the burl wood, and walks you through how he changes the huge chunk of wood into… Using a 4 Jaw Chuck When Gluing wood for turning dog a Bowl Woodturning is a blast, and we at WWGOA love to make videos that cover lathe techniques. One of the best parts of bowl turning is finding chunks of unusual wood that you can turn into amazing bowls.

If you make a small jewelry box to withstand jumping on it, you might have overbuilt it. Same goes for a lot of picture frames and other decorative projects. In these cases, gluing end grain is often perfectly acceptable and strong enough. Sizing is basically, just a wash coat of glue to fill the pores of the wood before gluing the pieces together.

There are a couple different techniques you can use. My favorite is to apply some glue to the end grain and pack it in with my finger. You might be surprised how much glue the ends will absorb.

Let that sit for a few minutes and then glue the pieces together. A traditional technique is to thin some wood glue down half and half with water and brush it on the end grain.

Let it sit for 15 minutes, then glue up the pieces. The idea here is that the thin glue will soak into the end grain and fill it up better than using it full strength. But the third method says that thinning the glue is a waste of time and you can just apply a coat of full strength glue and let it dry at least 15 minutes.

This makes sense since wood glue is almost half water anyway. Ultimately, any method of sizing is stronger than trying to glue end grain without it. Heat and humidity play a big factor. Where I live, the weather is relatively dry and warmish most of the year.

Wood glue dries pretty fast under these conditions. But when we get into the rainy season, I definitely notice that glue takes longer to dry. I think the temperature is the biggest concern. So if you live in a cold, unheated shop, wood glue might not be effective. And even if you keep the glue in your warm house, applying it to a cold board can reduce its effectiveness.

Titebond says it can undergo 5 cycles of freezing and thawing before it loses its effectiveness. Given ideal weather conditions, you can unclamp your glue-up in 30 to 60 minutes. But this is fine, because it allows you to keep moving with your projects, rather than having to wait 24 hours before unclamping every step of an assembly. Especially small projects. As a general observation, it seems to me glue cures completely overnight.

Janka Hardness: 2, lb f 9, N. Shrinkage: Radial: 7. Narrow heartwood is a reddish brown. Wide sapwood is cream to pale pinkish in color. Moderate natural luster. Endgrain: Diffuse-porous growth rings generally distinct due to gradually decreasing pore density in latewood ; small to medium pores in no specific arrangement, moderately numerous to numerous; exclusively solitary; tyloses occasionally present; parenchyma not visible; medium to wide rays, spacing normal.

Rot Resistance: Since there tends to be very little heartwood, Dogwood is usually composed entirely of sapwood, which is considered non-durable to perishable. Also susceptible to insect attack. Glues, turns, and finishes well. Odor: No characteristic odor.

Small quantities of Dogwood are occasionally harvested and utilized locally throughout its natural range, with prices high for a domestic hardwood. Common Uses: Golf club heads, textile shuttles, bows archery , mallets, pulleys, and turned objects. Comments: Dogwood has excellent shock resistance, and is one of the hardest domestic woods of the United States or Canada. Related Species:. Related Articles:. Dogwood sanded Dogwood sealed Dogwood endgrain Dogwood endgrain 10x Subscribe Notify of new follow-up comments new replies to my comments I give permission to use my email address to send notifications about new comments and replies you can unsubscribe at any time.

I hate to cut such a beautiful tree, but I have no choice as it is a hazard. It is about inches in diameter at the base, with lots of burls. So while I do not want to cut it down, I will make use of it and have a friend saw it into lumber.

I am looking forward to trying to make something out of it, maybe a live edge coffee table. I found that they shrink and consequently, check a great deal as they dry. My goal was to quarter saw, dry and then make ukulele sides and backs out of the dried lumber. I waited 2 years to find the trees. SC Brad. I plan on making a Tennessee Soddy chunk gun and have found the log large enough to make the stock out of. I used a piece of quartersawn dogwood for a guitar fingerboard.

It worked very well. My family is in the nursery business, specializing in grafted dogwoods my grandfather has a variety of pink dogwood named after him. But many years ago, my grandfather transplanted a bunch of them on some land and just let them grow. That land is now mine, and the trees are tall and thick.

So I have a source of dogwood lumber now. Question is, what can I do with it? My dad once speculated that dogwood would … Read more ». Where are you located? Dogwood make very nice mallets. Dogwood was used for spears in the ancient world — especially the famous Sarissa pikes that Alexander the Great after his father, Philip used to conquer the Persian Empire and into India. If you still have any, and you can find a historical recreator, then it would be a fascinating project for them.

It is usually almost all sapwood, which would not hold up to the weather very well at all. My father found some dead standing dogwood at the ranch he works. The time standing dead gave it some gorgeous spalting character and yet its still incredibly dense and easy to turn. The pic below is a sample of the spalting in the blocks. Any recommendations as to whom I could go through for a piece?

I realistically only need a small piece for a project. I have a bit of spalted dogwood that my father harvesting from standing dead trees in East Texas, if you are interested.

Here is a pic of a mallet that shows the spalting. Do you have any pieces that are about 14 inches long? If so, could you quote me a price? My email is aggietreed gmail. I work with dogwood quite a bit. Its tough and stubborn, but it shines up beautifully. I recommended it. Hmm, interesting.

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