Greetings all,
First time poster here. I ran across this site as I began to really dig into the beginnings of wood working. I've always loved the look and feel of butcher block pieces so I thought I would make my own and see where it went. The problem is, so far I have not been able to find any place near Fayetteville who sells a variety of woods I can work with. I know the recommended Janka hardness for what I am building is 850 to 1600 but all I've been able to find is the two varieties they sell at Home Depot/Lowes. I bought some practice pieces from there since I had some spare change and have the first gluing drying in the garage so if I messed it up then oh well, it didn't run me much.
In any event, I got a little off topic there. End state is I am wanting to build a large/deep traditional end grain butcher block for my father-in-law. When he was down last he told a story of one he wanted to buy but the seller wasn't coming down off his extremely high price. His birthday is in September so I thought it would be a nice gift for him and that gives me enough time to get some practice in to get the process down. As to the title, can anyone help me? I'm fine with driving an hour or so to pick it up at a reasonable price. All I've found so far are online places that require you buy in bulk or pay a steep amount for smaller orders. Also if anyone has made one of these before and can offer up some tips it would also be muchly appreciated. Thanks everyone in advance and have a happy holiday season.
First time poster here. I ran across this site as I began to really dig into the beginnings of wood working. I've always loved the look and feel of butcher block pieces so I thought I would make my own and see where it went. The problem is, so far I have not been able to find any place near Fayetteville who sells a variety of woods I can work with. I know the recommended Janka hardness for what I am building is 850 to 1600 but all I've been able to find is the two varieties they sell at Home Depot/Lowes. I bought some practice pieces from there since I had some spare change and have the first gluing drying in the garage so if I messed it up then oh well, it didn't run me much.
In any event, I got a little off topic there. End state is I am wanting to build a large/deep traditional end grain butcher block for my father-in-law. When he was down last he told a story of one he wanted to buy but the seller wasn't coming down off his extremely high price. His birthday is in September so I thought it would be a nice gift for him and that gives me enough time to get some practice in to get the process down. As to the title, can anyone help me? I'm fine with driving an hour or so to pick it up at a reasonable price. All I've found so far are online places that require you buy in bulk or pay a steep amount for smaller orders. Also if anyone has made one of these before and can offer up some tips it would also be muchly appreciated. Thanks everyone in advance and have a happy holiday season.
