Recently I landed some ironbark section milled from some old beams, I've got a 1200mm x 350mm x 80mm section with one milled side and one "natural". The plan is to halve it and then mount them back to back (milled edge to edge) and I have a few questions:
1. what would be the best way to "join" them? My best thought so far is to simply have either some hardwood or a galvanised flats and have them on the underside and screwing through those up into the ironbark to hold the two together. I don't have much of an arsenal of tools so hopefully it can be something quite simple.
2. They look as though they were milled sometime ago and are showing very small surface cracks, I'll be finishing it with grapeseed oil which should stop the cracking but would it be a good idea to plane a few mm away in order to get the best finish? Any tips for planing something of that size?
The end game is to buy an old BBQ off gumtree and remove the actual BBQ part (plat/grill and hood) and drop this assembled slab in place, figured it's the simplest way to get it on wheels and if it works I think it will be rather cool as an outdoor prep surface for my fire pit grill.
Many thanks
1. what would be the best way to "join" them? My best thought so far is to simply have either some hardwood or a galvanised flats and have them on the underside and screwing through those up into the ironbark to hold the two together. I don't have much of an arsenal of tools so hopefully it can be something quite simple.
2. They look as though they were milled sometime ago and are showing very small surface cracks, I'll be finishing it with grapeseed oil which should stop the cracking but would it be a good idea to plane a few mm away in order to get the best finish? Any tips for planing something of that size?
The end game is to buy an old BBQ off gumtree and remove the actual BBQ part (plat/grill and hood) and drop this assembled slab in place, figured it's the simplest way to get it on wheels and if it works I think it will be rather cool as an outdoor prep surface for my fire pit grill.
Many thanks
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