We are in the process of renovating our kitchen and part of the
renovation includes opening up the wall between the dining room and
kitchen with a pass through. My husband just visited a friend who
gave him a huge awesome chunk of cherry - 2"thick and 12' long and 10
1/2" deep. The pass through will ultimately be 42" wide. My husband
would like to just cut a piece about 42" wide and use this as a narrow
counter/sill for the pass through area. Of course, he would finish
it, but that's another topic.
Is this insane? It seems like the wood will definitely warp, but he
thinks that it will be fine. Any suggestions?
Thanks all! I think the wood has been sitting around for a few years
- outside and covered. Our friend enjoys going to auctions and buying
pallets of wood, which he keeps stored around his house. Sounds like
we may as well try it.
We're so beyond Formica it's rather scary!
"Frank McVey" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Hard to tell, Leigh,
>
> If the wood is well-seasoned/kilned and is somewhere near the moisture
> content of your home (say 8 - 10%) , then it's unlikely to warp. If it's
> green timber, or has been stored in a damp environment, then it almost
> certainly will.
>
> Cheers
>
> Frank
>
>
>
>
> "Leigh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > We are in the process of renovating our kitchen and part of the
> > renovation includes opening up the wall between the dining room and
> > kitchen with a pass through. My husband just visited a friend who
> > gave him a huge awesome chunk of cherry - 2"thick and 12' long and 10
> > 1/2" deep. The pass through will ultimately be 42" wide. My husband
> > would like to just cut a piece about 42" wide and use this as a narrow
> > counter/sill for the pass through area. Of course, he would finish
> > it, but that's another topic.
> >
> > Is this insane? It seems like the wood will definitely warp, but he
> > thinks that it will be fine. Any suggestions?
>
>
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Hard to tell, Leigh,
If the wood is well-seasoned/kilned and is somewhere near the moisture
content of your home (say 8 - 10%) , then it's unlikely to warp. If it's
green timber, or has been stored in a damp environment, then it almost
certainly will.
Cheers
Frank
"Leigh" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We are in the process of renovating our kitchen and part of the
> renovation includes opening up the wall between the dining room and
> kitchen with a pass through. My husband just visited a friend who
> gave him a huge awesome chunk of cherry - 2"thick and 12' long and 10
> 1/2" deep. The pass through will ultimately be 42" wide. My husband
> would like to just cut a piece about 42" wide and use this as a narrow
> counter/sill for the pass through area. Of course, he would finish
> it, but that's another topic.
>
> Is this insane? It seems like the wood will definitely warp, but he
> thinks that it will be fine. Any suggestions?
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On 10 May 2004 16:43:29 -0700, [email protected] (Leigh) wrote:
|We are in the process of renovating our kitchen and part of the
|renovation includes opening up the wall between the dining room and
|kitchen with a pass through. My husband just visited a friend who
|gave him a huge awesome chunk of cherry - 2"thick and 12' long and 10
|1/2" deep. The pass through will ultimately be 42" wide. My husband
|would like to just cut a piece about 42" wide and use this as a narrow
|counter/sill for the pass through area. Of course, he would finish
|it, but that's another topic.
|
|Is this insane? It seems like the wood will definitely warp, but he
|thinks that it will be fine. Any suggestions?
Yes. Use Formica and send that slab of cherry to me [g].