Originally Posted by
Pat Barry
I like the work Brian did and his new winding sticks look great of course, but with solid wood I worry that there may be seasonal changes and the sticks might warp. This might be one of those times when good old fashioned BB might be a better choice to help ensure stability / straightness with seasonal changes.
Pat,
My BB sticks have held up well, but that is not always the case with BB…it won't expand/contract the way solid will, but I've had other shop tools made of it that warped, quite badly. Perhaps there are stresses caused by the opposed layers (glued perpendicular to each other, as we all know) that cause it to warp and twist. Pure speculation on my part, but anyway I'm not sure it's clearly better than solid for this application. I made mine out of BB because it was handy, nothing more.
"For me, chairs and chairmaking are a means to an end. My real goal is to spend my days in a quiet, dustless shop doing hand work on an object that is beautiful, useful and fun to make." --Peter Galbert