Who supplies IKEA butcher block?

[pistolpete1313]

Hello,

I’ve been searching and can’t find what I had found. I swear I read somewhere (here, toolguyd?) that ikea buys their butcher blocks from an American company and it was cheaper to get direct and they had more options.

Hoping the brain trust here can help me, I’ve hit a dead end searching.

 

[K'ledgeBldr]

John Boos is probably one of the best known...

They do carry a "workbench" grade of top- instead of the "prudy ****" you put in the kitchen.

 

[964haus]

https://www.americanworkspace.com/6-bally-butcherblock

This?

M.

 

[manwithtools]

Can't answer your question, but Lumber Liquidators has an offering of butcher block tops as well.

 

[The Cobbler]

Ikea BB is very respectable in quality & price.
keep in mind that it is not solid but rather about a 5 mil laminate
the end caps are very impressive too.

 

[crewchief888]

Ikea BB is very respectable in quality & price.
keep in mind that it is not solid but rather about a 5 mil laminate
the end caps are very impressive too.

the butcher block top i got from ikea is solid wood.

 

[reader2580]

Ikea BB is very respectable in quality & price.
keep in mind that it is not solid but rather about a 5 mil laminate
the end caps are very impressive too.

They have both solid and veneer. Like the other poster I have solid wood butcher block from Ikea purchased in the past few years.

 

[The Cobbler]

the butcher block top i got from ikea is solid wood.

They have both solid and veneer. Like the other poster I have solid wood butcher block from Ikea purchased in the past few years.

noted.

 

[jon72vega]

The butcher block top I purchased from IKEA is actual wood, not a veneer.
The label on the box that mine was shipped to me in said it was a product of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 

[Stuey]

Hello,

IÂ’ve been searching and canÂ’t find what I had found. I swear I read somewhere (here, toolguyd?) that ikea buys their butcher blocks from an American company and it was cheaper to get direct and they had more options.

Hoping the brain trust here can help me, IÂ’ve hit a dead end searching.

I like Ikea butcher blocks, or at least I have, they change every now and then, but I don't have a clue as to where they're made or who makes them.

Ikea does have some USA-made products, but I don't remember reading about where any of them (butcher blocks included) are sourced from.

I don't think it's Bally or Boos, given the sizing (e.g. 1-1/8" when I last checked) and materials.

Maybe they used to be sourced from one of those makers, but the outgoing products 2 years ago were thinner (1-1/8" vs. 1-1/2"). A few years ago, at least some were thicker.

The same is true of the current solid wood countertop I can find - Hammerp in oak (1-1/8"). https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20274961/

 

[pistolpete1313]

I like Ikea butcher blocks, or at least I have, they change every now and then, but I don't have a clue as to where they're made or who makes them.

Ikea does have some USA-made products, but I don't remember reading about where any of them (butcher blocks included) are sourced from.

I don't think it's Bally or Boos, given the sizing (e.g. 1-1/8" when I last checked) and materials.

Maybe they used to be sourced from one of those makers, but the outgoing products 2 years ago were thinner (1-1/8" vs. 1-1/2").

The same is true of the current solid wood countertop I can find - Hammerp in oak (1-1/8"). https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20274961/

Makes sense. Price stays the same, size gets smaller.


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[shelteredV]

Ikea was 1 1/8" last time I looked and was finger jointed all the way through.
I just got a length of 2 1/2" walnut Butcher Block from Armani Woodworking at about 165.00 a foot. Nice stuff though.

 

[ZRX61]

Stop referring to horizontally laminated wood as butcher block...

 

[David Paul]

Stop referring to horizontally laminated wood as butcher block...

But at least everyone knows what we’re talking about...kind of like Kleenex vs facial tissue.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Waiting for the "You should only buy American" posts to start...

Tommy

 

[rlitman]

Makes sense. Price stays the same, size gets smaller.


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No. It’s just 3cm to those metric folks.

 

[sg5054]

If you want something bullet proof search craigslist fo bowling alley pieces. I just built a 7 foot kitchen island out of a maple section. 2 1/2 in thick and solid as can be. Another source is to locate a shop the does commercial trailer repair. They use oak for the trailer floors. Both are strong as iron.

 

[rlitman]

Keep in mind that bowling alley lanes are only maple for the first few feet where the balls land. Also, they’re loaded with nails inside.

 

[ScottsGT]

Global Industrial Supply. Real work bench tops at a good price.

https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/work-benches/components/tops/72-x-24-maple-square-edge-bench-top

Ordering this one next week or two for my HF 44" bench build I'm just starting on.

 

[ArcticMustang]

Homedepot has 1.5" thick butcher block online in a few different types of wood. I just bought one for my kitchen island as was really impressed with it. You have to do the final sanding and sealing.

 

[My Old Tools]

My IKEA tops are beech and the material at least is from Europe. Don't know where it was processed, but likely China.

 

[jake00]

Some of those are pricey, but then again, I make my own since ive got a production wood shop