How do I round the corners of a butcher block counter top?
Answers: If you mean rounding as contained by "taking off the sharp edge", procure a router from sears and find the router blade that give you the edge you want.
This will contribute a nice clean margin.
If you mean "taking rotten several inches to make substantial arcs instead of corners", mark the arc you want cut by tying a pointer to a string and pivoting the string on a center point and swinging the marker over the snake of the counter wher you want it cut.
This will give you a bridleway to follow with an electric skill saw.
Then you can follow up beside the router for a nice clean brink.
a hand sander
use a sander,
router
depending on how gooey the top is and how much you want to round the corners, if there is slightly alot of wood to remove it would be quicker and easier to use a belt sander with more or less an 80 grit sandpaper, once you have the corners close to where on earth you want them, then finish them rotten with almost 120 grit sandpaper on a finishing sander
HOW DO YOU GET FIVE CORNERS ON A BUTCHER BLOCK COUNTER TOP? MINE ONLY HAS FOUR CORNERS.
Make a template and then flaw each corner to receive a uniform shape. Cut them carefully using a skill saw. Follow next to a router for a smooth edge and some sandpaper.
Good luck!
Router next to a "round over" bit.
there are various ways that you can do it as you can tell but if you have need of to do it quickly you can use a power sander near a 60 grit and then to a 80 or a moment ago go to a foot sander and use a 120 grit to the shape and smoothness you like.
you can also use a appendage planer and then a appendage sander or some of the other ways a router is also a fast channel but if you are in to positive some money try this idea I use it alot I do alot of refinishing.
A router beside a round over bit would be the best. This will make very same edges. If you don't have one, or can't afford to buy one I would wrap sandpaper around a block of wood and do it by mitt. With patience you can realize the same effect.
I suggest getting a router next to a rounding bit, make a simple see out of wood to run the router down (this will keep your circumference strait) and go to town.
Be guarded on your corners so that they turn out the way you want them.
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