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Butcher Block Care

Bob \meets with Joel Scanlon who installs legs on a butcher block top and explains how to care for a butcher block.

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Butcher Block Care

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" And I can't tell you before you start talking about what you're doing here this is one of the heaviest pieces of butcher block ever looked at what's the thickness -- three inches thick. This is a three inch by day. What is it 36 by any yet three feet by 73 by seven feet so it's a real heavy dad. And you can't get any there yeah very dense and you are basically mounting. The support for the legs are now any tips on the on when you're drilling into butcher block like this what you should be doing well the person -- you should have a piece of tape on -- to mark how deep you know. Obviously you don't want to drive through yeah and this is. A drill bit that has a little bit of tape attached to a -- gives you the depth of the hole that you want to make so that -- going in there right there's no chance that you're gonna drill into just go with you lagged boldly exactly. And then we'll be lagging these Donald go ahead and get the rest these holes and put a little oil in there -- and you know then afterwards -- afterwards. It's important to mention you get. -- He's been fabricated forced out of stainless steel. And you gotta make sure that -- very carefully locate the the holes now you're putting in just a drop. -- oil in the communities because this is such a hard would visit Vermont. Rock maple. That when you're drilling or rather driving screw or lag in the you want to make sure that is going to be a little bit lubricate it you can also use. Postal. So yes blue liquid so yeah. We'll do the job. -- OK and Joe before we bring the table. Base into play here let's talk about the butcher block itself you put some sort of finish your sealer on it but it's important to keep moisture out of it and lean the top -- So what we decide to do was -- would put couldn't -- on the bottom and density you don't have to touch the bottom and you do have to re -- right we'll see that in a minute let me bring -- stainless steel. Legs -- base for this this table this is just lightweight tubular stainless steel that we had crafted into base. And the sure drug benefit crimes. Good. All right each one of these has a set screw and all we need now is an Allen wrench. All right with a four legs are firmly attached now how much does this way. What is my 250 pounds that much you back all right. Fine well let's try to flip it over we might need some help us use our legs. Nice stable so. Nice job I guess. OK so this is an oil finish that you've got on it -- out. Which means that. Theoretically you could you there's a chopping board but that would be a crime wouldn't put yeah is this is such a beautiful piece of wood. And so beautifully put together how often get to re -- something like that."

" Well whenever it's dry -- you can never oil too much so. The more oil to better what kind of -- Well it's if you're not going to be -- on it you can use boiled oil boiled linseed oil or walk over but if you -- using food on it. You gotta use something animals we can mineral mineral oil loyal and."

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