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From: 
>
> That evening, while sipping a cold one and patting myself on
> the back for insisting that we stop to look.....I soon
> realized so many GOOD uses for that butcher block that I
> can't stop kicking myself for not picking up the other one.
>
> Will I ever live this one down???

Jonathan,

The obvious galoot answer is:  NO

Frank (Fort Worth Armadillo Works

O.K., shoot and then duck. Here goes nuttin'

I was driving down the road a couple of weekends ago with 
SWMBO and GIT when SWMBO spotted this "DESIGNER YARDSALE" 
sign. Since I couldn't conceivably find anything that I 
could be interested in, I sputtered out a few laim excuses 
why we shouldn't stop. All this did was increase the amount 
of time it would take to turn the car around and hit the big 
sale.

It took five seconds to zero in on two 36" x 60" x 1+1/2" 
pieces of butcher block. $20 bucks later, I had one jammed 
into the back of the car. This guy stopped me to ask what I 
planned to do with it, to which I replied "I have no idea, 
but I'm sure that I need it".

That evening, while sipping a cold one and patting myself on 
the back for insisting that we stop to look.....I soon 
realized so many GOOD uses for that butcher block that I 
can't stop kicking myself for not picking up the other one.

Will I ever live this one down???

Regards 
Jonathan Peck

Dan wrote

>>
>Not likely. Have you ever priced what a 36 x 60 benchtop 
costs? Easily a 
>couple hundred bucks and up.
>
>Dan, Benchless in Ajax, ontario
>

Rest assured Dan. The other slab is in good hands.

 The gentleman who stopped me to ask what I planned to do 
with my butcher block has the other one. He was back at the 
end of the yardsale to offer $5 bucks for it. His plan was 
that they would take the $5 bucks rather than hump it back 
into the house. I don't think I'll live that one down 
either!!!! I've got along way to go before I call myself 
Galoot.

Regards 
Jonathan Peck

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:47:45 -0400
>From: Dan Indrigo   
>Subject: Re: [oldtools] First Public Gloat  
>To: jpeck@m...
>
>jpeck@m... wrote:
>
>>
>>It took five seconds to zero in on two 36" x 60" x 1+1/2" 
>>pieces of butcher block. $20 bucks later, I had one jammed 
>>into the back of the car. This guy stopped me to ask what 
I 
>>planned to do with it, to which I replied "I have no idea, 
>>but I'm sure that I need it".
>>
>>That evening, while sipping a cold one and patting myself 
on 
>>the back for insisting that we stop to look.....I soon 
>>realized so many GOOD uses for that butcher block that I 
>>can't stop kicking myself for not picking up the other one.
>>
>>Will I ever live this one down???

So was this endgrain maple butcherblock, which is the nec plus ultra for 
kitchen cuting-board purposes but probably not so strong longitudinally 
and thus not great for a workbench?  Or was it sidegrain butcherblock, 
which is less ideal for kitchen cutting-board purposes but 
longitudinally stronger and thus better for a workbench?

--Mike

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:59:01 -0400, jpeck@m... wrote:

>O.K., shoot and then duck. Here goes nuttin'
>
>I was driving down the road a couple of weekends ago with 
>SWMBO and GIT when SWMBO spotted this "DESIGNER YARDSALE" 
>sign. Since I couldn't conceivably find anything that I 
>could be interested in, I sputtered out a few laim excuses 
>why we shouldn't stop. All this did was increase the amount 
>of time it would take to turn the car around and hit the big 
>sale.
>
>It took five seconds to zero in on two 36" x 60" x 1+1/2" 
>pieces of butcher block. $20 bucks later, I had one jammed 
>into the back of the car. This guy stopped me to ask what I 
>planned to do with it, to which I replied "I have no idea, 
>but I'm sure that I need it".
>
>That evening, while sipping a cold one and patting myself on 
>the back for insisting that we stop to look.....I soon 
>realized so many GOOD uses for that butcher block that I 
>can't stop kicking myself for not picking up the other one.
>
>Will I ever live this one down???
>
>Regards 
>Jonathan Peck
>
>
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Michael D. Sullivan
Bethesda, MD (USA)

What?????????
Actually, it was probably of the cheap/affordable and 
readily available type of worktop variety. Seriously, I have 
no idea, but it was used as a cutting table in somebody's 
kithen, so probably the former.........later, I always get 
them confused.

So far I've cut a 12" x 50" chunk out of it for a top on a 
base cabinet that is up against the wall opposite the front 
of my workbench/assembly table (I have a small basement 
shop). This serves mainly as a tool rest for all my really 
usefull stuff, as I still can't figure out why I put a tool 
tray in my workbench. I'm constantly having to remove the 
tools to clean out the shavings and saw dust. The 10" x 12" 
cutoff is used as a backup scrap for pre-drilling, and the 
24" x 60" piece that is left over is still leaning up 
against the wall. It will probably become a small bench with 
a machinest's vice and home to all of my sharpening cr*p.

Regards JP

---- Original message----
>
>So was this endgrain maple butcherblock, which is the nec 
plus ultra for 
>kitchen cuting-board purposes but probably not so strong 
longitudinally 
>and thus not great for a workbench?  Or was it sidegrain 
butcherblock, 
>which is less ideal for kitchen cutting-board purposes but 
>longitudinally stronger and thus better for a workbench?
>
>--Mike
>
>On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:59:01 -0400, jpeck@m... wrote:
>
>>O.K., shoot and then duck. Here goes nuttin'
>>
>>I was driving down the road a couple of weekends ago with 
>>SWMBO and GIT when SWMBO spotted this "DESIGNER YARDSALE" 
>>sign. Since I couldn't conceivably find anything that I 
>>could be interested in, I sputtered out a few laim excuses 
>>why we shouldn't stop. All this did was increase the 
amount 
>>of time it would take to turn the car around and hit the 
big 
>>sale.
>>
>>It took five seconds to zero in on two 36" x 60" x 1+1/2" 
>>pieces of butcher block. $20 bucks later, I had one jammed 
>>into the back of the car. This guy stopped me to ask what 
I 
>>planned to do with it, to which I replied "I have no idea, 
>>but I'm sure that I need it".
>>
>>That evening, while sipping a cold one and patting myself 
on 
>>the back for insisting that we stop to look.....I soon 
>>realized so many GOOD uses for that butcher block that I 
>>can't stop kicking myself for not picking up the other one.
>>
>>Will I ever live this one down???
>>
>>Regards 
>>Jonathan Peck
>>
>>
>>Archive: 
http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive/
>>To unsubscribe or change options, use the web interface:
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enter=oldtools  
>>
>
>
>Michael D. Sullivan
>Bethesda, MD (USA)
>
>