Thank you very much Martin this would explain why I haven't found any information on cane being drilled and glued into solid hard wood spreader blocksDuebel wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 1:07 pm Terry, from my point of view as a joiner, I wouldn't use oak for the spreader, specially, if the spreader should be similar to the one, OMR has made of ply wood. Oak, or what ever hardwood you might use, will certainly crack as soon as you put pressure on the quite small joints.
You can, of course, make your own 3-layer ply wood from the oak you have. This will be much stronger than the solid oak as it is.
Generally speaking, gluing the cane directly in wood shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure, that it is a very tight fit. You want the joint to be as strong as possible without any glue. The latter should only keep everything in place.
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