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Butcher-Block Countertops
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I am considering installing butcher-block countertops in our kitchen. Would a plywood core sheathed in maple work, or must I have a full thickness butcher block top?
Richard Jones: You are very likely to experience problems of differential shrinkage between the plywood and the solid maple if the maple is thicker than about three millimeters.
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