I was wondering if anyone out there has purchased an unfinished maple butcherblock top from Lumber Liquidators. The dimensions of the one I am looking at are 8′ X 25″ X 1 1/2″ thick. The price is $180. I was thinking of purchasing one for a workbench top. It sounds like a real good deal and will go look at a sample tomorrow. I’m interested if anyone out there has already purchased one for a workbench top. The price, based on everything I have seen, looks good…
Regards,
Buzzsaw
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I've found out about Perfect Plank on this forum. The same wide lam top would be $150 there. Go to http://www.perfectplank.com.
Jim
Coventry Woodworking
Jim,
These tops are laminated and I think the perfect plank tops are finger jointed.
Regards,
Buzzsaw
I was looking at there tops. They have both types. The widelam tops are solid. My problem was the cost to ship from there to Va was as much as the top.
Buzzsaw,
I bought one just last week from Lumber Liquidators for a small kitchen island I am building for the wife. They had a dinged one available for $100 and I brought it home. I plan on gluing on a couple more maple edge boards to hide the dings on the side and bring it to 27.5 inches in width. Not a bad deal I would say.
--joejoe
I have looked at Lumber Liquidator product as well as one of our local hardwood suppliers that also sells a pre-glued top.
I wasn't satisfied with the 'quality'. It seems a lot of sapwood is also used in both of these products so there is lots of brown streaking, inconsistent color and general what seemed like 'scrap' wood. Great prices but not what I was looking for.
I just ended up going to my local hardwood supplier, handpicked some 8/4 'hit and miss' planks ranging from 5" to 10" wide. They ran them thru their thickness planer for no charge. I got the boards and color I wanted and it cost me $35-$50 less than buying from Lumber Liquidators.
Yes, I still have to join them and glue them up, but I figured the tradeoff was / is worth it.
Good Luck
Randy
joejoe,
I just went and saw one today and ordered one on the spot. It is everything that I want in a benchtop and more for a great price. I can't wait to get it in a week.
Regards,
Buzzsaw
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