I love working with Dymondwood . The one thing that I've never had - YET- is a blowout .
I buy all my DW as straight grained and cut and re-glue to a diagonal pattern using "Hot Stuff - Super T" glue . Since the 2 surfaces to be joined are the outsides of the blank , the one thing that I did find out is that you HAVE to sand both faces with (at least) 80 grit sandpaper before the actual glue-up .
I've added a pic with arrows pointing to the transition point between the 2 woods and as you can see , it's virtually invisable and can not be felt either .
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