cutting a jointable edge on the countertop, a saw-kerf wide
This weekend's goal is getting the cabinet beside the stove to at least have a usable counter-top. We picked up a beaten up 10'x2' glued up piece of maple countertop off of Craigslist for $50, and that's becoming the surface for beside the fridge, and the narrow counter for under the window, with a backsplash cut from the scraps. Today I took a deep breath and cut the first pieces.
filling the gaps with cyanoacrylate I sanded the main area to 320, although there'll have to be a little touch-up because the surface wasn't as clean as it should have been when I turned over this whole thing for the glue-up. There are a few issues with splitting in this top, so I filled the gap with cyanoacrylate as I was sanding. The Festool ETS 150/5 EQ Sander is not the best sander to be doing this with, I should have gotten the noisy shakey Craftsman out for this, because even with the vacuum unplugged on the Festool it still didn't leave a whole lot of sawdust lying around, but we seem to have gotten a fairly smooth surface out off the process.
right A test layout, to make sure that I had the various parts pointing the right direction.
