Bryan Cowing
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- Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada
The stain has not been picked yet for the ash. Or the knobs/handles for the doors, to be picked out also. Top coat will be semi gloss post cat lacquer, same as wifes island. Maple top , salad bowl finish.Brian whats the finish gonna be on this one?
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Yes, from some air dried 5/4 ash I bought last fall. I made them 1/8" oversize or so, trimmed on the jointer to remove corner chip out. Then touch up on lathe, going to do this method from now on. The 1st island , for the wife, I used filler in the chip out.Brian i went and looked at you pics on the web to see how you did the legs. Am i correct in understanding that you laminated the ash to a square from what looks like around 1 inch thick boards. ?
For our #2 son, he's now 38, does a lot of cooking, and has been wanting some sort of butcher's block. The old butcher store maple cutting blocks command a lot of $$ here. Once he seen his mom's island, thought that would be awesome as a butcher block, but 2 inches shorter in height.you must have a nice size kitchen bryan you can fit two of those islands.
estimate is 174 pounds. I weighed a couple of strips, on the electronic bath scale, at 5.8 pounds each.That is one massive island It's going to weigh a ton.
Sure is looking good