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    Re: Oak wood chair seat splitting

    Posted by Dr Woodwell on 12/4/2002, 9:00 pm , in reply to "Oak wood chair seat splitting "
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    'Splitting' joints are caused by dehydratration of the wood. Introducing moisture sometimes helps. It works well with end grain but less so along the grain.
    I am working on a product now that will abate or solve this problem but, it is not available at this time.


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