Making Butcher Block Table Top. I am soooo excited with how this simple project turned out. If you have a router, you can make a decorative edging to the butcher block at this stage.
Pipe here on the home depot blog. I love butcher block counter tops! Live edge means the characteristics of the outside of the tree are on the edge of the butcher block and will go in and out up to a half of an inch.
Since my planer is only 12in wide i built the table top in 3 sections so that they could be taken back through the planer to catch any inconsistencies that might have happened during glue up.
But this story focuses on a construction method that’s more elegant and purposeful (see fig. Use progressively higher grit on the top layer for a smooth surface. Chip away any glue residue once dry. But i liked the butcher block look, so i cut two of my boards in half and the other two i cut into 5’ and 3’ pieces—just to give me some variation when gluing them up.