I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock
tops on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some
Workbench tops from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

RP

On Jan 4, 4:50*pm, RP wrote:
I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock
tops on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some
Workbench tops from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

RP

Yeah. I saw some of those at the Springfield store a couple of months
ago and they did look nice. If memory serves me, I think they have
heavier ones too. Their benches don't look bad for the money too.

RonB

Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

RP

Just an FYI but the Boos products are a premium product specifically
for food preperation and certified for such by NFS (some quasi govt't
agency who's certification is required for some wood products to be
used in commercial food prep). You will never have a void or black
knot. The biggest difference though is that every slat of the Boos
items will be all full length pieces, where the Grizzly type will have
some butted or fingered pieces.

On Jan 4, 6:29*pm, "SonomaProducts.com" wrote:
Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

RP

Just an FYI but the Boos products are a premium product specifically
for food preperation and certified for such by NFS (some quasi govt't
agency who's certification is required for some wood products to be
used in commercial food prep). You will never have a void or black
knot. The biggest difference though is that every slat of the Boos
items will be all full length pieces, where the Grizzly type will have
some butted or fingered pieces.

These tops have lots of butted pieces and no full length to my recall.
The back only had some voids and the front had no knots whatsoever.
Grizzly also said that the workbench tops had the same food safe
finish as their countertops. It is definitely not the same quality as
Boo's tops, but for these folks and probably lots of people out there
they are fine. They also did not have clear maple. There was lots of
colors and I love the different colors. Point well taken Sonoma, and I
agree.

These cabinets and tops were segmented to follow the outside angles of
the yurt. It was somewhat of a challenge to get it just right. 24
segments 4' long or so, with an addition on 1/3 of the outer wall. I
can't wait to trim 'er out.

RP

RP

On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:50:33 -0800, RP wrote:

I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock tops
on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some Workbench tops
from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats the hell out of
Boo's prices.

In our area there's a cabinet factory that often sells butcherblock tops
for cheap. I don't know if they're seconds or just overstock. Check
around in your area.

--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw

On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:50:33 -0800 (PST), RP wrote:

I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock
tops on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some
Workbench tops from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

Ikea sells butcher block tops fairly reasonably, too.

On Jan 4, 9:42*pm, "
wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:50:33 -0800 (PST), RP wrote:
I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock
tops on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some
Workbench tops from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

Ikea sells butcher block tops fairly reasonably, too.

Look for Bløkkenwud

On Jan 4, 5:50*pm, RP wrote:
I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock
tops on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some
Workbench tops from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

RP

Do you live in Ithaca? I'm very close to where you are building.

Allen

On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 19:03:31 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
wrote:

On Jan 4, 9:42*pm, "
wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:50:33 -0800 (PST), RP wrote:
I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock
tops on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some
Workbench tops from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

Ikea sells butcher block tops fairly reasonably, too.

Look for Bløkkenwud

NUMERÄR

On Jan 4, 10:31*pm, allen476 wrote:
On Jan 4, 5:50*pm, RP wrote:

I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock
tops on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some
Workbench tops from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

RP

Do you live in Ithaca? I'm very close to where you are building.

Allen

I am very near Cortland NY. That is as close as I pinpoint on the
'net. No offense intended whatsoever. My email will be down below

RP
remove the nospam

On Jan 6, 7:32*pm, RP wrote:
On Jan 4, 10:31*pm, allen476 wrote:

On Jan 4, 5:50*pm, RP wrote:

I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock
tops on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some
Workbench tops from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

RP

Do you live in Ithaca? I'm very close to where you are building.

Allen

I am very near Cortland NY. That is as close as I pinpoint on the
'net. No offense intended whatsoever. My email will be down below

RP
* *remove the nospam

No offense, I don't blame you. I live north of Horseheads and south
of Ithaca. I used to work in Ithaca a few years ago up until gas
prices went through the roof.

Allen

On Jan 4, 7:42*pm, "
wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:50:33 -0800 (PST), RP wrote:
I am doing some butcherblock countertops for some hippies that built a
yurt in the Ithaca, NY area and they wanted some cheap butcherblock
tops on some cabinets I manufactured for them. I ordered some
Workbench tops from Grizzly and they're real nice for the price. Beats
the hell out of Boo's prices. They are 1 3/4" though but that didn't
affect this job any...No affiliation, no sales pitch,blah, blah...

Ikea sells butcher block tops fairly reasonably, too.

I think Grainger has a few offerings, too.

Same idea/pricing.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/EDS...W45?Pid=search