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I was asked to make a countertop for a kitchen island. This one was made out of solid Oak (5/4 material). The wife had a certain color in mind and man o man did she ever have that perfect color in mind. It was close but not quite right the first time. This time we got it just right, and I just put the final coat of polyurethane on. Man was this a lot of work!  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2018, 12:22:36 PM » |
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Did you wet sand and polish, looks nice.
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2018, 01:09:46 PM » |
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Did you wet sand and polish, looks nice.
I don’t wet sand poly but lightly sanded between two medium coats seems to be enough. Thanks |
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2018, 01:59:17 PM » |
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What width boards did you use? Did you use biscuits or dowels as alignment for gluing? Good job!
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2018, 02:13:31 PM » |
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What width boards did you use? Did you use biscuits or dowels as alignment for gluing? Good job!
The boards are around 6” wide. I made my own monster biscuits from 2” wide strips of 1/2” birch plywood running the whole length minus enough so the slots cut for them stayed captured so you can’t see them at the ends. Took half a gallon of glue. Lol |
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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2018, 02:52:33 PM » |
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It looks good, Jeff. I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks in the kitchen.  |
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2018, 02:55:20 PM » |
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It looks good, Jeff. I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks in the kitchen. Will do. Probably Monday |
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2018, 03:45:28 PM » |
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It looks good, Jeff. I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks in the kitchen. Will do. Probably Monday I’m not sure who’s kitchen Carl was talking about.....  Rams |
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2018, 04:18:11 PM » |
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That looks very nice. Been thinking about doing similar counter tops.
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2018, 06:12:36 PM » |
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Looks great Jeff. When it comes to working with wood, I make a great plumber.  |
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Farside
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« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2018, 06:30:21 PM » |
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Great to see the finished product Jeff, looks really nice! 
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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2018, 05:10:26 AM » |
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Nice work! I like the figuring of the wood, and your placement of the boards in relation to each other. Well done. |
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2018, 06:18:22 AM » |
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Nice work! I like the figuring of the wood, and your placement of the boards in relation to each other. Well done. Thank You Oil Burner, that placement is always a challenge, not only does the grain at each edge need to compliment each other the curve of the boards needs to alternate (up, down, up, down etc) and then of course there's the "good side" and "bad side" to deal with. All in all I was very pleased as well. |
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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2018, 08:08:26 AM » |
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Very nice work indeed. I love working with wood...I'm just not that great at it (yet). No problem with rough carpentry (building decks and such), but I just don't seem to have the patience to take the time to do the necessary steps for fine work like this....I'm envious.
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« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2018, 11:03:19 AM » |
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Jeff, it looks really good, I'm impressed.
My best wood working is done at night, sitting around a fire pit with an adult beverage in hand.
Anything else I leave to the pros.
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« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2018, 12:57:48 PM » |
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OK, so I did get to install this thing. So happy to have it out of my shop   different lighting angles sure makes it look different... |
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« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2018, 01:02:23 PM » |
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I think one of your concrete tops would have looked great on there also. Good work nonetheless I enjoy wood working, picked it up from my dad that is always making something for someone. |
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« Reply #17 on: September 03, 2018, 01:27:18 PM » |
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I think one of your concrete tips would have looked great on there also. Good work nonetheless I enjoy wood working, picked it up from my dad that is always making something for someone. I think concrete would have looked better, tried to talk them into it. They wanted oak. |
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« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2018, 01:39:25 PM » |
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When one of those big hanging pots comes down and dings the finish, they'll wish they had the concrete.
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« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2018, 02:28:40 PM » |
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The finished project looks good |
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« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2018, 04:47:09 PM » |
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I love the look of the wood. You did a great job! My son builds custom furniture and he would love your project, well done.
John
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« Reply #22 on: September 03, 2018, 05:34:09 PM » |
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OK, so I did get to install this thing. So happy to have it out of my shop different lighting angles sure makes it look different... It does look really nice Jeff. Nice job and that top is not going anywhere!  |
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« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2018, 09:52:58 AM » |
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Nice Job. You do great work |
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« Reply #24 on: September 04, 2018, 09:55:52 AM » |
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I too find it easy to make sawdust.
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« Reply #25 on: September 04, 2018, 11:08:18 AM » |
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That's really nice!
Wood can be very beautiful.
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« Reply #26 on: September 04, 2018, 02:44:17 PM » |
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I made a birdhouse in high school once. The fair housing commission condemned it......
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« Reply #27 on: September 04, 2018, 03:42:26 PM » |
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I made a birdhouse in high school once. The fair housing commission condemned it......
I'm painting my soffit brackets...  Notice how they're all just alike and square, like the rest of my house  -Mike |
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« Reply #28 on: September 04, 2018, 03:53:41 PM » |
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I made a birdhouse in high school once. The fair housing commission condemned it......
I'm painting my soffit brackets... Notice how they're all just alike and square, like the rest of my house -Mike Those are some robust brackets. Post what they look like installed |
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« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2018, 04:15:40 PM » |
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Those are some robust brackets. Post what they look like installed Thanks... I didn't mean to hijack, I was just having fun with the juxtaposition of your highly skilled carpentry and the stuff I more or less make freehand with a sawsall  -Mike
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« Reply #30 on: September 04, 2018, 04:18:32 PM » |
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Those are some robust brackets. Post what they look like installed Thanks... I didn't mean to hijack, I was just having fun with the juxtaposition of your highly skilled carpentry and the stuff I more or less make freehand with a sawsall -Mike You did those with a Sawzall ? I'd say you did pretty good in that case. |
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« Reply #31 on: September 04, 2018, 04:30:15 PM » |
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You did those with a Sawzall ?
I made them from 16 foot long two inch thick yellow pine boards from an
old cotton mill... I used a jigsaw on them, but that a lot of my stuff looks
hacked out with a sawzall is a pretty good characterization...
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