[Sca-cooks] Need advice/suggestion for counter top

[Mark Hendershott]

At 05:56 AM 4/3/2006, you wrote:
> > What we've been thinking in the past few hours is to cut across the entire
> > width of the counter top to have the board go from one side to the other.
> > That would mean a pretty darn big chunk of maple :-)
> >
> > This way both us us can have our own side of the board, and it's
> > also pretty easy for the kids to climb on a stool and help us,
> > without sprawling all over the counter.
> >
> > It would also make the board easier to remove for cleaning.
> >
> > Petru
>
>How wide is the counter?
>
>I rather like the idea, but if finding end grain to fill the 30" X 30" space
>was hard, much bigger than that is extremely unlikely. I'd still go with rock
>maple boards, though, and occasional wipe downs with mineral oil.
>
>Phlip
>_

End grain cutting boards are almost always glued up.  Butcher Block, 
which, by the way, can be bought ready to cut to size and install.

Simon Sinneghe
Briaroak, Summits, An Tir