Hard maple would be my suggestion and no other. Many of the other woods
that look nice by contrast do not wear or hold up as well as hard maple. If
you are building for show pick any wood. If you are building for use for a
long time I suggest maple and especially advise against open grain woods
like oak or walnut.


"Chris Nail" wrote in message
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I want to build a butcher block table and need a little information
about the types of woods that can be chosen. I have thought about
using strictly hard maple, but I am considering trying to build
something like the one that David Marks built. Does anybody have a
recommendation on the types of wood to ignore?
Thanks in advance,

Chris