Butchers block

[Stompy]

what tosh, materials about £70-£80 and making it would be about the same so no more than £160 tops.

 

Don't pay yourself much then..... There is a days work there machining, jointing and finishing plus all your overheads. Not to mention collecting and sorting material. How do you run a workshop and business on £80 a day?

 

Best bet would be to get a Beech or Oak block worktop on Ebay, cheap as chips and made properly with endgrain finger joints and come in a small sizes for small jobs.

[se7enthdevil]

Don't pay yourself much then..... There is a days work there machining, jointing and finishing plus all your overheads. Not to mention collecting and sorting material. How do you run a workshop and business on £80 a day?

 

Best bet would be to get a Beech or Oak block worktop on Ebay, cheap as chips and made properly with endgrain finger joints and come in a small sizes for small jobs.

 

i've a rip saw and a planer thicknesser at hand.

 

the materials get delivered and that would take me one hour to rip the boards and plane them, jointing with gluing time will be two hours plus one hour for the cleaning up and sanding with 5 minutes of oiling if required.

 

i'm as joiner by trade and that is half a days work for me.

[Andy RV]

Where are you buying quality seasoned hardwoods 80mm thick for £20 a cf because I'd like some too?...

Edited August 17, 2014 by Andy RV

[se7enthdevil]

Where are you buying quality seasoned hardwoods 80mm thick for £20 a cf because I'd like some too?...

 

it was beech i purchased but sorry mate that's a trade secret...

[se7enthdevil]

this item may be of interest to you to use as the top...

 

thicker than i've seen before as they are usually 40mm

 

 

 

solid oak worktop 60mm thick 3m long 610 width | eBay

 

 

 

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[Stompy]

i've a rip saw and a planer thicknesser at hand.

 

the materials get delivered and that would take me one hour to rip the boards and plane them, jointing with gluing time will be two hours plus one hour for the cleaning up and sanding with 5 minutes of oiling if required.

 

i'm as joiner by trade and that is half a days work for me.

 

Fair enough if that is what you think you could do in 4 hours to a professional quality. And could get good quality dry timber that cheap. Just saying be realistic, charge what you are worth and allow enough time for the job.

 

5 minutes of oiling is not going to produce anywhere near a decent or hardwaring finish, you may as well not bother.

Edited August 20, 2014 by Stompy