First completed Modification to new 5er

Conquest2011 · Mar 11, 2019

Well my plan didn't go as planned. This modification came from my friend throwing in a slap of scrap walnut. The original plan was to have extension on the end of the island towards the living room. However, the walnut boards were rough cut to 1 inch thick and by the time I planned them down I had about 5/8 inch board. At 5/8 not very workable, but I managed to put something together. I am not quite done with the extension, have same doctoring to do. I have about 15 strips of boards glued and all-threaded together and in the sanding process I managed to open a very small spot to the all-thread cavity area.

So what you see here is an after thought. When I was prepping the other boards to be planned I was wondering how I could re-purpose that scrap of walnut and voila.

IBTripping · Mar 11, 2019

That added some much needed counter space.

Conquest2011 · Mar 11, 2019

Thank ya Trip,
that piece was headed for the bonfire.

IBTripping · Mar 11, 2019

That's a beautiful piece of wood to be burning up. Yikes!

Gizmo100 · Mar 11, 2019

Conquest2011 said:
Thank ya Trip,
that piece was headed for the bonfire.

It should be against the law to burn walnut

...It's just to damn pretty.

I've been sitting on some 4 x 8 x 8 walnut for almost 20 years just waiting for the perfect project. My wife thinks I'm NUTS

Nice extension to the counter.

Conquest2011 · Mar 11, 2019

The other half of that finished piece you see is smaller in width and lot more bark. I am plan on making something out of it, but know exactly what yet.
My buddy throw that piece in to get rid of it. His friend has lumber mill that I often get rough cut oak, maple and walnut, but this time he shorted me on the thickness. Oh well, I can complain when it is free.

Conquest2011 · Mar 11, 2019

Gizmo100 said:
It should be against the law to burn walnut ...It's just to damn pretty.

I've been sitting on some 4 x 8 x 8 walnut for almost 20 years just waiting for the perfect project. My wife thinks I'm NUTS

Nice extension to the counter.

Well Giz,
Don't come to my house in the winter I heat the house with about 2 cords of black walnut. No worries it is not good walnut for lumber, I am not that crazy.

Utclmjmpr · Mar 12, 2019

I think I would have rounded the corners to match the counter.>>>Dan

Conquest2011 · Mar 12, 2019

Utclmjmpr said:
I think I would have rounded the corners to match the counter.>>>Dan

I thought about that, but since there is bark along the front edge I wasn't sure how it would turn out.

I do have another scrap piece I could try it on to see.

The finish is not Poly, it is Varathane floor finish, it dries hard as nails. Polyurethane to me scratches too easily.

Thanks for suggestion.

xrated · Mar 12, 2019

Gizmo100 said:
It should be against the law to burn walnut ...It's just to damn pretty.

I've been sitting on some 4 x 8 x 8 walnut for almost 20 years just waiting for the perfect project. My wife thinks I'm WALNUTS

Nice extension to the counter.

Fixed that for ya! 8)

Gizmo100 · Mar 12, 2019

xrated said:
Fixed that for ya! 8)

It's going to take more than that to fix me, ;D ;D

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