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Spectacular! Nicely Done!!

Lets see if these are a little easier on the eyes

JPG: Good Thought!

I decided not to do an underlayment. The frame below forms an "8" as it has a center runner. So most of the wood is within about 6 inches of a support. The top is 3" thick which gives me a lot of glue surface area between the blocks.

I read some stories about people putting ...

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@ Charlese: No, I bought the legs pre-turned from www.osbornewood.com . They were a little too large for me to try & I've not done much turning.

JPG: To attach the top to the frame I drilled 4 of the 1/2 inch holes in the base. I had some small metal plates with a hole in the middle in the junk box ...

One more try.......
Had to resize and rotate all of them!
Thanks for the help!!

OK... Need tutorial on adding pictures please. Am trying to upload as attachment. They don't seem to be working.

Standby.. Sill sorting out how to add pictures.

I just finished an end-grain butcher block center island for the house.
It certainly was one of the more challenging projects that i've done,mostly due to size of top (gluing/clamping capacity) and precision needed to get everything perfectly square. Finished project is 36w x 25d.

I started out ...

I cut 16 inches off of my tube set. Here are some pictures.

Start Disclaimer: You will need to decide what meets your application. I did all of this as a "dry fit." Please don't cut based on this and then complain if it doesn't work for you! End Disclaimer.

Note: I don't have the rubber collar on ...