Pond
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Do you lovely people think it is feasible to make oak worktops in a home workshop?
I have been looking for 'planked' oak worktops, the only place I've found that sell them is 'Norfolk oak' and they are £400 a linear metre for 620mm wide!! :shock:
I ain't paying that! :x
This would work out at £5000 plus for what I need!
So I'm toying with the idea of making my own. Do you know what the best way to join the planks would be, would biscuits be any good, or finger joint the entire length, or glued M&T, or what?
I know I wouldn't be able to manufacture long lengths, maybe 2m max!? So I'd have to have running joins aswell.
I have a router table, TS200 saw, two roller stands, mitre saw, baby PT (cheap Ax one), belt sander, a 2m workbench and a maximum space of 6m x 5m (if all the clutter is cleared to the sides)!
Am I being rather ambitious, or is it possible??
Thanks
Andy
I have been looking for 'planked' oak worktops, the only place I've found that sell them is 'Norfolk oak' and they are £400 a linear metre for 620mm wide!! :shock:
I ain't paying that! :x
This would work out at £5000 plus for what I need!
So I'm toying with the idea of making my own. Do you know what the best way to join the planks would be, would biscuits be any good, or finger joint the entire length, or glued M&T, or what?
I know I wouldn't be able to manufacture long lengths, maybe 2m max!? So I'd have to have running joins aswell.
I have a router table, TS200 saw, two roller stands, mitre saw, baby PT (cheap Ax one), belt sander, a 2m workbench and a maximum space of 6m x 5m (if all the clutter is cleared to the sides)!
Am I being rather ambitious, or is it possible??
Thanks
Andy