Humidity & slate

[Crash]

My table has been through a cycle of humidity changes, i.e., dry heated air and humid cooled air at 68 to 72 degrees. I used bondo. The head seam has stayed put but the right side of the foot seam will change enough that a very slow roll along the seam is slightly affected. A push or pull of a wedge makes it go away (depending on the time of year).

Is this common? I normally wouldn't notice but I look for stuff like this, especially on my own table.

 

[realkingcobra]

My table has been through a cycle of humidity changes, i.e., dry heated air and humid cooled air at 68 to 72 degrees. I used bondo. The head seam has stayed put but the right side of the foot seam will change enough that a very slow roll along the seam is slightly affected. A push or pull of a wedge makes it go away (depending on the time of year).

Is this common? I normally wouldn't notice but I look for stuff like this, especially on my own table.

Yes, very common...even more so in a Brunswick GC5 with that huge overbuilt frame...wood breaths...in moisture...and out
moisture...swell...shrink change in tables depends largely in what part of the country they're in.

Glen

 

[OTLB]

what kind of floor is your table on?

 

[Crash]

... change in tables depends largely in what part of the country they're in.

Then I'm not crazy. The problem is slight enough that I'll super glue the seams next recover.

 

[Crash]

what kind of floor is your table on?

It's on a concrete slab.

 

[realkingcobra]

Then I'm not crazy. The problem is slight enough that I'll super glue the seams next recover.

Slates will move, even if bondo is used if they're not glued together first