Bench Top B!

I've named the two benches 'A' and 'B'. While benchtop A is still in pieces, I just glued up benchtop B. Well, actually, I edge-glued the main body of the benchtop. The breadboard ends will come later.

Anyway, with the three pieces finally face-glued to thickness, I ran them each through the planer using my fancy-dancy new sled that I built to take the twist out.

With the warp gone, I ran them over the jointer to square up the edges.

Then I cut grooves for the biscuits. Biscuits are little flat football-shaped pieces of wood that help keep the wood aligned during glue-up. In the past, biscuits were used for strength also, but wood glues are so strong these days that they're not needed for that anymore. My sister-in-law Vicky doesn't even use biscuits in her glue-ups.

And, we're ready! Now apply some glue...

And clamp.

That's Laren in the background making a boomerang.

Tune in next time to see what the benchtop looks like in all it's glued glory!