So this isn’t really a corner. Well, kind of. It’s the corner of a walnut strip in a cutting board I was making.
After gluing up the board, and cleaning off the squeeze out, I noticed one of the strips had a broken corner. I could opt to just cut this end off, or fill it, but since this will be an end grain cutting board, filling it wouldn’t look good, I thought. And just cutting that much of the end off would shorten the board by an inch and a half. I opted to repair it.
Board Cleaned Up
The break was a corner of a strip that likely came off during planing.
Broken Strip Corner
I cleaned up the face of this break with a chisel to make gluing the repair wedge in stronger.
Cleaning Up Broken Face
This left nice flat surfaces for glue to adhere to.
Clean Flat Broken Face
I have some wedges of walnut left over from some chair legs I recently made. They looked to be about the perfect size to make a patch.
Carved Wedge
I carved the corner of the wedge and kept fitting it until it was perfect.
Epoxied Wedge
I glued it in with some epoxy and clamped it tight.
Clamped Wedge
After the epoxy cured, I removed the clamp.
Epoxy Dried
I cut it flush with my multitool.
Trimmed Wedge
Then I sanded it until it was smooth.
Sanded Wedge
It is hard to tell where the wedge is now.
Finished Repair
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