Ignore any open/wide grain hardwood(such as oak,ash) or softwood
(pine,popular)
Use a tight close grain such as hard maple,birch,cherry,mesquite.
Is this table going to used as a cutting butcher block?
Or is it a normal table with butcher block style(just end grain of many
pieces glued togather?
If its going to used as a dining non cutting table than use any type of wood
you want,closed grain or open grain.

Jerome
"Leon" wrote in message
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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