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[Richard_Blake]

Hello again... looks like I'll be around a lot the coming weeks asking more advice!

Re my last on Glues for Graving, I've just scored some very, very good Oregon Pine boards, 1" thick, 7 wide - perfect for the half-thickness graving or slab lamination, whatever we want to call it.
BUT - is Oregon Pine's long-term behaviour compatible with Larch if I glue the two together (expansion/contraction and so on)? I have a little chart of timber drying behaviour, moisture contents and so on which suggests it's OK - but I'm checking with you all first!
I do have a Larch beam I can slice up - but the O-P would be so much nicer to work, and look better afterwards (even if only when she's bare-wooded every 15 years or so!~).
Next week's question will probably be about counter construction. As we'd expected - it's crumbly in there and needs attention.....
I'm fairly new to this internet business - just discovered it late last year. Are there unwritten rules about how many silly questions one can ask before starting to annoy people?
Until next time
Richard

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[Peterduck]

If I were doing the job, I'd keep the O'Regan Pine for Ron [Later-Ron] when you'll find another good reason to use it, [believe me, you will find another use] and look for some larch for your planking repair. As you haven't started asking silly questions yet, don't worry too much about cluttering up the board with them.
Peter.

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[chippie]

I agree with Peterduck, as a general rule I use like to like when repairing timber.

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[Richard_Blake]

Thanks to both. Will do. Have to stop being lazy, gird up my whatsits and cut boards out of the Larch beam. Oregon pine galley later, perhaps.

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