Woodworkerman Again
Oct 1, 2019 13:35:13 #
My kids grew up with a neighbor's kids and the families became close friends. Their oldest girl grew and grew - over 6'5". When she moved into her own house, she complained that the low kitchen counters, being built for average people, made her back hurt when preparing food. So I built her this.
The butcher block legs and tops (two) are from hard rock Maple. The doors and drawer are booked-matched spalted Maple. The cabinet sides, back, and internal shelves are Maple plywood. The drawer parts are solid soft Maple.
Spalting occurs when cracks in a tree allow water incursion and fungus growth which stains, and sometimes rots, the internal wood.
Book-matching is a process of taking consecutive slabs cut from a tree and opening them up, edge to edge, so the two slabs are mirror images of each other and gluing them together.
The two tops are connected by 4 Maple posts with holes in the posts. The upper top can be raised or lowered by the repositioning of 4 black Walnut dowels to obtain the desired height. That way this "tall girl" can set it at a comfortable level.
The wheels were the girl's choice. The upper top has a Salad Bowl finish rather than a plasticized varnish to make it food safe.
The raw materials cost between $400 and $500 dollars, and the project took between 150 and 200 hours to complete. This driveway is where I move my equipment to make my projects.
Hope you enjoy it.
The butcher block legs and tops (two) are from hard rock Maple. The doors and drawer are booked-matched spalted Maple. The cabinet sides, back, and internal shelves are Maple plywood. The drawer parts are solid soft Maple.
Spalting occurs when cracks in a tree allow water incursion and fungus growth which stains, and sometimes rots, the internal wood.
Book-matching is a process of taking consecutive slabs cut from a tree and opening them up, edge to edge, so the two slabs are mirror images of each other and gluing them together.
The two tops are connected by 4 Maple posts with holes in the posts. The upper top can be raised or lowered by the repositioning of 4 black Walnut dowels to obtain the desired height. That way this "tall girl" can set it at a comfortable level.
The wheels were the girl's choice. The upper top has a Salad Bowl finish rather than a plasticized varnish to make it food safe.
The raw materials cost between $400 and $500 dollars, and the project took between 150 and 200 hours to complete. This driveway is where I move my equipment to make my projects.
Hope you enjoy it.
Oct 1, 2019 13:49:58 #
What a wonderful job and I don't mean the photo (although that's alright too). Obviously a lot of thought went into the design and construction.
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