old butcher table. belt sander?

[scottmandue]

I'm disappointed you didn't find a way to go high tech with this... this is 2016 after all! They have some pretty badazz lasers at Livermore.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by vash

When I pick it up. I was struck too dumb to pull out my phone. He was slicing full on trees into planks to make countertops. Every tool in there probably came with a safety meeting


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Where is this place in the Bay Area?...North Bay?

[vash]

California Urban Lumber in Martinez CA


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[billybek]

Cool website!
California Urban Lumber - Elm Samples

[gduke2010]

Originally Posted by rwest

Vash,

Check around at a few cabinet shops. The one down the road from me has a wide belt sander and charges $30 for a half hour of work. Your top would be perfectly flat and beautiful.

Rutager

+1 They' d probably have to run it through a couple times. Maybe 10-15 minutes

[vash]

Done.





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[wswartzwel]

Nice!

[vash]

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[masraum]

Wow, fantastic!

[herr_oberst]

Looks good! Are you happy with the results?

[porsche4life]

Looks great! Hopefully it fits where you were planning to put it!

Get the foot fixed yet?

[GH85Carrera]

Any details?

Did they plane it flat or sand it or both?

Did they make you buy the belt as some suggested?

It looks great.

[aigel]

Haha - nice! It is almost too perfect now - you can see all the imperfections in the wood and laminate glue lines! Time to butcher something on it! A turkey or two soon?

G

[vash]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Any details?

Did they plane it flat or sand it or both?

Did they make you buy the belt as some suggested?

It looks great.

Sanded it. Giant drum sander.

It turned out great. They stopped short and elected to leave some love marks. It's really smooth. The did the other side a little bit since it wasn't perfectly square. It's drinking in the mineral oil right now


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[rwest]

Looks great Vash, did you apply a finish?

[vash]

Just wiping on mineral oil. Lady at drug store must think I'm constipated to the max. I bought a lot. After it's done with oil, I'm going to my home-mixed jar of min oil / beeswax mix for the final
Layer.


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[vash]

I'm gonna take some mahagony to the shop. See if it's worth turning into a huge cutting board.


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[Don Ro]

I've read that 100% pure Tung oil is best. I bought a gal. last year and a gal. of Citric solvent.
Apparently, unlike other oils, Tung will leach in and create a barrier to the fats, goop, etc. over the years.
BTW, your block/table looks great!
Any idea what it weighs?

[vash]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

Any idea what it weighs?

No idea. The top is close to 100 lbs I'd guess. My back is sore flipping it. My wife won't even acknowledge my cries for help.



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[msk1986911]

The table looks good. Cut the tung oil (if it is 100% pure) with odorless mineral spirits (50/50) for the first few coats, which allows it to seep into the wood (so I am told).

Mike