Running repairs

As with the nature of timber i had alot of reverse grain sections in the American Walnut stock i had for this piece. This proved problematic as i had a limited amount of stock to work with and have been required use the majority of what i had. This meant i had areas of tear out through about eight of the elements needed for the sides of the larger bench unit. To counter this problem i created the jig shown in the image above which has a shallow curve to the top which, when used with a one to one router removes the torn grain section of the stock.

With the torn stock now removed i am left with the curve of the routing jig, i then cut and machined veneers form the limited remaining stock i had and glued this into the removed section of side pieces.

The successful result from the repair process.