Hard Maple Workbench

Thursday 28 May 2020

Hard Maple Workbench

Perhaps no one wrote an article about it. As with any natural wood product their grain is distinctive with unique character and even some variation in color.

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All the tops are made of solid hard maple manufactured in the true butcher block style constructed with equal edge grain strips.

Hard maple workbench. However you must allow time for them to adjust to the temperature and humidity of their new home before they will return to their factory condition. Do not store the workbench in a damp location or lay flat on a concrete floor as this may cause the top to warp. Create your own unique workbench with industrial style workbench tops from grainger.

Like all wood welded butcher block products industrial workbench tops are crafted from laminated edge grain northern hard rock maple and factory finished with durakryl 102 a tough non toxic coating that repels alcohol bleach paint thinner and most other solvents. 26300 each 2 x 8 red oak industrial hardwood workbench top. How to make the perfect woodworking workbench.

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Available in standard ready to ship sizes these are the tops for your shop. Hard maple 1450 lb f janka is roughly twice as hard as soft maple 700 950 lb f jankaprimarily because it tends to grow about half as fast as most. Therefore from a historic perspective maple must have some characteristic which makes it superior to other hardwoods.

Or is there just some romantic notion about using rock maple. Butcher blocks flooring workbench tops etc. Maple workbench tops are flat when glued together at the factory.

The main instances where you would want to stick with hard maple would be in applications where hardness and strength are important such as. 2 x 8 hard maple industrial hardwood workbench top. Choose a plastic laminate top in higher voltage applications where static electricity is not a problem or a butcher block maple wood top that wont harm sharp tools or delicate machine parts.

Home butcher blocks industrial hardwood workbench tops. I know that down through the ages hard maple has been chosen time and again for workbenches.