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i like the herringbone corner

 

Different strokes. My first thought after damn that's a great idea was I would have mitered the corner. lol

 

Nah - nothing as fancy as that - it's just a Formica counter top bought at the local big box store.

 

herringbone is way more stable

 

Stable in what way? Your shooting the tongue into the sub-top. I don't see one being more stable then the other. I'd biscuit join them on the miter but I just like overkill. lol

 

the boards don't expand and contract in length like they do across the grain so the butt joint will remain tight in a herringbone where a mitre is more prone to opening up

 

#woodwhisperer

 

#graingroper

 

Question for some sparkies.
Building a table that I want to have outlets on the 4 sides, can I wire them all together then wire them to a plug, so i can plug in the table to an outlet in my house or will I definitely blow something up or trip a breaker?
Most they are going to power is 4 laptops and 2-3 tablets. Also a tv.

 

You'll be fine as long as the outlets are wired correctly and the total current draw of everything plugged in is less than that of the breaker. You're basically making a custom power strip.

 

Yep. Very easy to wire them in line. If you think you’ll need more power just use some 12/3 wire so you will have an extra circuit in there. I have a problem with overdoing electrical on all my projects so take my advice with a grain of salt.

 

Yeah I have figured that out the hard way on the front porch. Stripper won't touch it. We wanted a stained front porch...painted it is!

 

It's a combo laundry/work room, open to the single car garage. I had some leftover boards from the kitchen/living room install so I figured "why not?". I had to buy some additional boards but it wasn't much.

Thanks. It was a bit of work to cut grooves in the end of the boards to accept the tongue of the other board but once I got the saw set correcty it went quick. It's been a few years and it hasn't moved a hair - still tight joints. Unfortunately other projects took precedent so I have yet to sand and finish the top. Not sure what I'm going to use...

A few other pics for those who might be interested:

The groove I cut in the end of the boards.

This is some storage under a hinged lid. If I were to do this over I wouldn't have done this. The weight is substantial and the chance of crushing fingers is high. Anyway, I bought the house from the son of the original owners (his Mom had just passed). They were the only ones to ever live there. I found this name plate - he was a Lieutenant in the Navy back in the day. I put it in the wall with some other things as a time capsule.

I made a space for a beer fridge and put an outlet in there. Sadly, it's filled with things other than a refer and beer at the moment.

 

I wish my garage wasn't poured in like 30 seconds.. slopes down, dips, dives, all kinds of wonky. I built a portable cart on casters and self leveling feet

 

Why don't you cover the floor with

$1,400 self-leveling 165FT/50M, drain pipe inspection camera built-in 512hz transmitter, meter counter, with microphone speaker DVR recorder, 16GB TF card, guide wheel (5mm cable)

self-leveling concrete?

It's not that big of a job, and if the floor is as bad as you described, it would definitely be worth the effort.

 

Def looked into it. It's not that bad but has a good slope and hump in there. I only really noticed when I built my cart it high centered haha

 

herringbone is my preferred method to turn corners with flat soffits , to cut the ends I use a laminate trimmer with a slot cutting bit and a speed square clamped to board as a fence

 

Thanks fellas.

 

I’m getting worn out. How do people do flooring for a living lol