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This is a hard maple countertop I made for our kitchen island in the summer of 2007. All of the maple was salvaged….most of it was former “bumper board” from work, some was roadside discards from a set of twin beds. The matching stools were made later on from scraps of the same maple, but we were originally going to buy the them….just couldn’t find anything we liked that was reasonably priced.
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14 comments so far
CharlieM1958
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posted 257 days ago
Great salvage job, and really nice work!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
PetVet
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posted 257 days ago
I’m with Charlie on this one, great job. I like the design of the stools.
-- Rich in Richmond
PGreene
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posted 257 days ago
What finish did you use? You seem to have some amber in the top. Is that from just varnish or did you stain it a bit? It came out great either way…looks like glass!
-- Patrick
Chris Davis
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Be carefull. Look like things might slide off that top. Nice finish.
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knotscott
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posted 257 days ago
Yeah…it seems milk is especially prone to sliding off the top!
The finish is just a satin oil base poly. I suspect some of the coloring is just from the camera. Compared to the actual color I see with my eyes, the pics of the stools seem a bit lighter and the top a bit more gold . To the eye, both are fairly light with a bit of a golden hue.
woodworm
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Very nice work and superb finish!
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Scott Bryan
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posted 257 days ago
This is a really nice looking counter top and the matching stools look good as well. And making it out of salvaged materials is a wonderful way to re-use discarded wood. Nice job on the finish as well.
I just hope that you had some help in carrying and fitting the top. That thing must weigh a ton!! :)
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
firecaster
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posted 257 days ago
That is really nice.
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Todd Thomas
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posted 257 days ago
counter looks great…good job…stools are cool as well….
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douglbe
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Nice craftsmanship, very nice!
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Napaman
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posted 257 days ago
truly awesome…and knowing it is salvaged makes it even better…what did you use for that shine? it loooks wet!! but i am sure there are several coats of something….
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Beginningwoodworker
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Nice countertop.
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Alan
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posted 83 days ago
Just did a search of kitchen island projects looking for ideas. Your top looks great going to add it to my favorites to look back at.
-- Alan, Prince George
a1Jim
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posted 83 days ago
Good Job Scott looks great.
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