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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

Building 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.

DIY Wood Countertops

This process involves a LOT of glue!

Building countertops
Building countertops

And then a whole bunch of clamps.

Building countertops

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.

DIY Wood Countertops

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Comments

  3. My main concern is not the seams, it is keeping the planks flat. And my wood is neither dry nor seasoned. I’m in trouble. LOL

  4. 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.

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