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Cutting board- good idea or not?

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When glueing up cutting boards I always have trouble with the wood sliding around when I put clamping pressure on the boards. I thought about using my pin nailer to put 2-3 pin nails (about 1/2 long) on the side of each board to prevent the boards from sliding. Only about a millimeter of the nail would be exposed and I would place the nails in the middle of the board. I know it seems that you wouldn't want metal in your cutting board but I can't think of a reason why this wouldn't work.

Any thoughts? Thanks

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workshop ceiling - to vault or not to vault?

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In the next year I plan on making a finished workshop area in my 40x56 barn. It has 12' to the rafters and then open to the ridge.
I've always had the idea of installing the ceiling at the 12' height, but it occurred to me today to consider leaving the rafters exposed and install a vaulted ceiling above that closer to the roof decking (leaving plenty of room for R30 insulation and air movement of course).

That would mean about another 3,000cf of open overhead space to hvac though, but it might have some advantages too. I'm not sure all what yet.
Perhaps to have ceiling fans, light fixtures, air filters, and ductwork that much more above the working area. I have struck my ceiling fans whilst flipping overlong boards. I know, stupid, but it did happen a couple of times.

If I install a flat ceiling along the rafters I will retain some potential storage space above and have 3000cf less overhead space to hvac.

At any rate,I'm just hashing out the idea and thought I'd run the idea past the Woodnet sounding board. thanks

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took years to get to this point

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The picture taken inside my kiln may not look like much, but litteraly took me years to get to this point. The boards in the kiln came from a black walnut I planted as a seedling over 50 years ago. Shame to have taken the tree down, but it turned out to be too close to a power line as it got bigger. The boards shown standing on end are from the batch in the kiln, and are over 8 inches in width. Clear, except for the one obvious knot. Quite a few of these will end up as drawers in a dresser I'm building. I have about 6 acres of walnuts I planted in the '80s, not nearly the size of the above yet, but should yield some nice lumber long after I'm gone.

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