The cabinets continue even though its horrible hot up in the cabinet shop.
The island section will have a laminated maple butcher block top. Had 2 inch maple that was flat sawn, in order to expose the edge grain it needed to be resawn to inch then strips cut from those. The boards had a slight twist, the easiest way to straighten them was the saw mill.
I laminated the strips in roughly 1 foot sections, planed those then join the sections, more than a foot would be tough to put together and clamp before the glue starts to skin.
Some of the sections joined, going to be a heavy chunk to move when its all assembled. The cutout is for a slide in range
A close up of the laminations and joint between the sections.
The island section will have a laminated maple butcher block top. Had 2 inch maple that was flat sawn, in order to expose the edge grain it needed to be resawn to inch then strips cut from those. The boards had a slight twist, the easiest way to straighten them was the saw mill.
I laminated the strips in roughly 1 foot sections, planed those then join the sections, more than a foot would be tough to put together and clamp before the glue starts to skin.
Some of the sections joined, going to be a heavy chunk to move when its all assembled. The cutout is for a slide in range
A close up of the laminations and joint between the sections.
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Greg
Greg