Finished butcher block

[waysideranch]

Great build. Sweet satisfaction.

 

[ncdodave]

points dennis! that turned out beautiful!

 

[leupy]

I don't think I could put a knife on that, awsome!!!

 

[smokingd]

Hey Div

Get some maple, some walnut, a bisket jointer and biskets, about 10 4 foot pipe clamps( I like these for the amount of pressure you can apply), you will need a thickness planer, belt sander and an orbital sander (with varying grits of paper), a router with a round over bit , lots of patience, around a gallon of white glue or carpenters glue. And a table saw.


For the top
Cut all your material to size for mine I used 2"x1"x29" maple slates (cause that is what I had access to), and 2x2x29" walnut. Leave these a little longer than you want your table. If you can find it i would use all 2x2 pieces as it will save a load of time. Ok now take all your pieces and dry fit them together adjust them so they look good (matching grains or just so your eye likes it) at this point number your pieces so you remember where they go. With this done put a pencil mark where each piece meets the next this will allow your to have your biskets match. Now joint each piece at the pencil marks. Now for the fun part. Put your glue in a bowl of some sort you are going to use lots grab a paint brush apply the glue and biskets and fit your pieces. I prefer to do about 12" pieces at a time as they are easier to work with and will fit your thickness planer. Once you have glued a bisketed clamp the crap out of it (use some scrap on each side to avoid denting your wood. Do this as many times as needed to get the width of table you want. Eg. 2 for a 24" or 3 for a 36".

Allow glue to dry overnight. At this point remove access gule with a paint scraper. Run all pieces through the thickness planer. With this done time to fit your pieces together once again pencil mark and bisket glue and clamp. dry glue over night. Now take the belt sander and sand smooth. Go with the grain not across the grain. Run your piece through the table saw to what ever size you wanted. Time for the orbital sander start with 100 grit and work to 500 grit.(table will be smoother than a babies bottom LOL). Now you can find a plan you would like for the legs and shelf.

Good luck it takes some time but in the end you can smile everytime someone comments on it and know it is custom.

If you need more direction PM me and I will be happy to help any way I can

 

[scubadoo97]

Really nice job !

 

[bmudd14474]

beautiful. Thanks for the info.

 

[jjrokkett]

Great looking butcher block! You just have to admire a fine piece of craftsmanship.

 

[nozzleman]

Man that is really nice work.

 

[richoso1]

Very nice craftsmanship, congrats.

 

[gnubee]

Seeing as how both Canada and The United States are in North America, hence we are all Americans.

If you are going to use some wax from a hive down the road would that be Gnubee wax or old bee wax?
Or should I just keep quiet and mind my own beeswax?

These things and more keep me up at night.

for an incredible job on the block.

 

[got14u]

what was the process on doing the top piece? or did u buy that part ?