DIY Butcher Block Countertops!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- This is one of the last projects on the house renovation. It feels so good to have a finished house!
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like the idea to get the pieces butt together perfectly
It was frustrating before I started cutting both pieces at the same time, definitely a time and frustration saver!
I believe I've heard that process referred to as the inside/outside method. It can also be used on a jointer that you don't have dialed in perfect to 90 degrees. You specify which is inside and which is outside and run inside through one direction and then run the outside through the opposite direction which fixes any variance and it isn't able to be seen by the eye.
@@LeviLippincott Great idea, I wish I thought of that with the jointer. I spent a long time getting it dialed in just perfectly and that would've worked well.
@@live.laugh.lowe.9008 Shaun Boyd is where I got the inside/outside term. He posted a detailed video on it with his jointer. Here is a link to that video... I watched it and thought I was such an idiot that it didn't occur to me to do this before.
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@@LeviLippincott Thanks for that, I feel like an idiot because I've never come across his channel before!
Was shocked to look down and see you with only 37 subscribers! Very quality video -- thanks for sharing. I look forward to replicating this in my own kitchen.
Thanks! Hope you like them as much as we do!
Your trick for cutting the boards so they meet up is brilliant and i never though of using an electric blanket for prepping wood for gluing. amazing ideas.
Thank you Charles!
Finished the project two weeks ago but you're still wearing your eye protection. Thumbs up on the Super-Dad level of caution.
LOL! I get that alot. Those are prescriptions. I wear them all the time..
It's gorgeous.
Thanks! We love them.
Very nice. I'm contemplating if I should do this with my kitchen.
Go for it, we love them!
For perfect ends, I use a stationary belt sander and jig to hold the piece at 90
That would be ideal! That's a tool I still don't have so I had to work with the tools available.
Once you put that wax on, It takes forever to resand or resurface the top if ever needed. I learned that making many cutting boards. I use the same oil and wax by Howard's, but don't use the wax on butcher blocks or cutting boards. The wax is very difficult to sand off, Just burns up your paper.
Thanks for the reply! I haven't had to do that yet but I can imagine that being the case..
Awesome video, there's a lot of good info thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Very nice 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
I know this is an older video but I'm curious how you handled the butt joints during the clamp-up. How do you make sure they are tight to the neighboring board end?
I didn't really do anything special, I just made sure to glue the butt joints really well and pushed them together. I didn't have any loose joints so it worked well!
There seems to be a lot of people referencing Waterlox as a preferred wooden countertop finish. Did you use oil + wax on your other countertops and if so, how has it held up to countertop abuse?
I haven't heard of Waterlox before, I used the Howard Butcher Block Oil and Conditioner. It's essential food grade mineral oil and a wax. It seems to be holding up well after 9 months or so. I have re-waxed them 5 or so times in that span
Wonderful video! Thank you! All in, how much time do you think you spent on this project?
I would estimate that I could do this project in a standard work week - 40 hours. I spread the project out in a lot of 1 or 2 hour time blocks though and I think that caused me to maybe spend around 60 hours just from the extra cleanup each time etc.
One more note: The times I said would be for all of the counter tops in our kitchen, not just the island one that I made in this video! And that includes the 5 hour round trip to buy the wood. Hopefully you have a supplier closer!
Any warping issues seeing that only one side of the slab was sealed?
No warping issues so far - going on 2.5 years! I was initially planning to add some type of corbel support under the overhang but it's stayed flat and is really strong.
Good video, y not round off your edges and corners?
Honestly I didn't because I didn't have the tools to make them perfect. I do now and might go back and do it! We don't mind them but someday with little kids it will be an issue.
Why not seal the countertop with an oil based poly to protect all that work you've done? Unless you plan on actually cutting on top of that surface? I hope not!
I really wanted to do this actually, but a lot of people wiser than I told me to not do that on counter tops. Honestly I don't know what will be better in the long run but we've had these in for about 6 months and they still look great. The Howard stuff is made for butcher block cutting boards, and no we're not cutting on these surfaces, but Katy loves them and that makes it good with me!
What length did you cut the two groups of strips?
Honestly I didn't cut them any certain length and when I put them together most of them ended up being cut again to make the counter the right length. I would guess each piece was 30"-48" a the initial pass.
Remembers used purpleheart wood in a butcherblock as in a kitchen countertop. I'm looking for some tips. My longest run is 10'X36"
My biggest tip would be to build a perfectly flat table of some kind that is 10' long that you can use to glue up the top. Good luck!
Thanks think I can handle that 👍
I guess your dog is deaf being right under the planer. 😩
Happy to report she still has laser like hearing!
how do you guys like the wood countertop around the sink? I am afraid of doing this because of possible water damage
I was concerned about that in the beginning but they've been installed for over a year now and still look great! We are pretty careful to wipe up any spills in a timely manner.
I use plumbers putty between the two surfaces after the install just cut any excess off with a new blade and just press lightly.
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Thanks!
i was going to subscribe until i saw your channel name, hard oof
What's wrong with the name??? 😂
@@live.laugh.lowe.9008 he is a hater and not a lover lol.
Its a ryobi man, had to learn not to buy anything ryobi.. def been burned by all of their products
To be fair to Ryobi, most of them have lasted much longer than they should have given what I used them for. Also they've always repaired or replaced them no questions asked. I agree that's a hassle and have since transitioned to Milwaukee and Dewalt for almost all of my tools. There is a significant quality and performance difference in my opinion.
Its not really homemade when you’re essentially using commercial equipment at your house.
Might check the last 3 words ‘at your house’ - that’s the definition of homemade FYI!
Bingo haha