I am planning my new kitchen worktops. In the last house I had
laminated beech block and was very pleased with it but I wonder if
there is any good reason that the pieces were so small

Reason being that I have been offered some large pieces of timber,
either 12 inch wide air dried oak planks or wide (not yet cut so not
sure about size) walnut and I would like to laminate three boards
together edge to edge. Would this make a reasonably stable worktop?
Any comments about what timber to use? How thick should the timber be?
Someone suggested that I laminate a cross piece to each end to stop
the ends splitting

I'm exploring ideas at the moment and as this is new to me I welcome
any advice

When I say that 'I will laminate' I actually mean that someone with
all the right woodworking kit will do it for me

Anna
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