airborne_r6
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Oh, and find cheaper wood dealers. I can buy all the lumber to build a 72 x 30 x 4 inch thick Hard Maple worktop for about $100.
And where would this be? Seriously. For me to get the material-white hard maple- at 12/4 thick is 12.99 a board foot. Plus a 7 hour drive one way to get it. The top alone would cause a divorce.
The mill I've used for the past dozen years in Pennsylvania. Maple is much cheaper here in the East. $.80 per bf for 4/4, and 1.20 for anything over 12/4
I think it would be cheaper for Haynie and me to have you ship wood to us than it would be for us to buy it locally.
Forgot to add:
My bench top is two layers of 3/4" ply that I intended to cover with hardboard and never did. I really think that unless you are using hand tools a solid wood top is not needed. Even then I think it is probably more tradition/luxury than necessity. I have thought about making one with three layers of mdf or particle board topped with a layer of hardboard and using some type of insert glued in for the dog holes. The weight difference would be made up with sand in the lower shelf.
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