I am planning on building a replacement "kitchen island" that will also double as a "Dining table" to unclutter the open kitchen/living area that has an island I built and cheap round dining table from Target that we use for informal eating in the area between the kitchen and living room. It will be around 8-9' long and around 36-38" wide. I am imagining around 6 planks glued up with breadboard ends. I am currently planning making it from 6/4 walnut. The last table I made was similar to this, but a much smaller scale for my travel trailer. For that one I chamfered all of the edges mainly for 2 reasons:
1. More forgiving glue up, the chamfers hide uneven glue ups a bit and give it more of a "farmhouse" look.
2. Trying to use as much of the walnut as possible to save money, don't have to match grain, and use all heartwood.
I'm not a big fan of glue ups that are flat in walnut where there is hard line where sapwood glues up to heartwood, and would afraid my wife wouldn't like it after gluing it all up.
What are some of your thoughts on flat vs chamfered glue ups in walnut planks, and any tips on being able to use most of the wood including sapwood?
1. More forgiving glue up, the chamfers hide uneven glue ups a bit and give it more of a "farmhouse" look.
2. Trying to use as much of the walnut as possible to save money, don't have to match grain, and use all heartwood.
I'm not a big fan of glue ups that are flat in walnut where there is hard line where sapwood glues up to heartwood, and would afraid my wife wouldn't like it after gluing it all up.
What are some of your thoughts on flat vs chamfered glue ups in walnut planks, and any tips on being able to use most of the wood including sapwood?