DIY Wood Countertops
I’m building counter-tops for the laundry room by gluing up 2x6s. This is inexpensive material that I can finish into a beautiful wood countertop.
DIY Wood Countertops
I cut the edges off each 2×6 so they all had sharp edges. I don’t want these rounded –beveled edges on my countertop.
This process involves a LOT of glue!
And then a whole bunch of clamps.
I’m glueing up 2 at a time, then glueing up those pairs. I don’t want to try to keep track of all the boards in one glue up.
Check out some of my other countertop ideas:
I don’t know if you have an IKEA close to you, but if this doesn’t work out their numerar butcher block countertop might be a good alternative. We used the lagan to make wraparound desks in our office but that doesn’t seem to be available anymore.
Yikes, it sounds like you are getting some very educated, talented people following along with your blog. Good for you. I’m so glad you mentioned safety when working around power tools. Last weekend, here in NE, a young girl was riding a “home-made” ATV when somehow her long hair got caught in the motor of the vehicle. The news reports are saying she was wearing a helmet, but sadly, she is dead. How can anyone ever say, “It takes too long to be safe”.?
Yikes. I don’t take any chances. It’s SO not worth it. There is nothing glamorous about DIY so why try to pretend that you can look beautiful while you sweat and work? LOL Just be safe and smart and make something awesome. That’s all I care about! 🙂
i am going to use your method of clamping next time I am putting together multiple boards, which i have done numerous times. Mine seem to bow/bend along the vertical plane and it looks like you put braces under them to keep them aligned. are the braces for support or are they clamped also? Panel clamps work but I have not mastered the technique yet. Do you ever use panel clamps?
The boards underneath just raised the planks off the table so I could get my clamps on. I clamped the boards across the top to keep the planks flat and level. I know I should have created some cauls but I didn’t want to spend time on that.
You are so clever! Cannot wait to see how these turn out, but looking great so far!
Love your blog!
Hello,
I love your work.
A noob question.
¿how do you joint pieces of MDF, when you mount the library?
I don’t understand the question. 🙂