I am about to start on my long awaited woodworking workbench. Been planning this for months, thinking about it for a few years. I have collected some eastern white oak, dark oak, western cherry, and western maple for the top. Is there any problem with mixing hardwoods like this in a bench top? The wood will be milled to between 1-3/8 and 2″ wide by 2-1/2 thick planks for lamination into a 2-1/2″ thick benchtop. I’m curious if the different expansion/contraction charactoristics of the wood may cause me trouble down the road? Grain direction will be roughly same, long grain to long grain. Has anyone done this in a table/benchtop?
Comments? Thanks.
Jeff
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You might consider staying with woods that have similar expansion rates to minimize possible problems.
Thanks. Yeah, I thought the same thing. I checked and compared these species with each other. They are not the same, but they're close. Also I check their moisture content. That was identical on all of the material. So I'll probably be OK. Should look dynamite....
Jeff
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