Review on 72" W X 30" D Maple Butcher Block Workbench Top With 1-3/4" Thickness - Grizzly G9915 by Gordie Johnson

Grizzly G69915 Solid Maple Workbench Top 72" x 30" x 1-3/4"I purchased this maple top and one that was 96" long. Each was outstanding. No warps, no splits, knot-less (one had a very small knot that was properly filled/sanded). My wife said this one is beautiful. Spectacular is more like it, especially since it looks like it cost significantly more. Both tops were perfectly flat, well-finished, and professionally assembled.The underside is rough, has knots and other blemishes and is not sanded smooth; i.e., only the top is good. Some brands of maple butcher-block are assembled with steel cleats between the boards, which will destroy saw blades. The Grizzly tops are assembled using only glue.This top comes well packaged -- each side is protected with a 30" x 72" x 1/8" sheet of hard masonite, the sides and ends have heavy cardboard protectors and a cardboard box holds it all together.Grizzly e-mailed a recommendation of a lift-gate for the delivery truck driver to safely lower it to the ground, @ $34. Don't waste your money. My driver easily slid the box to the ground from the truck bed by himself even though a lift-gate was right there. I rolled it into the garage using a standard hand-truck, the driver assisted moving it onto saw-horses, we removed the packaging, and checked for shipping damage before he left.Keep it on saw horses for awhile for all sides of the wood to acclimate to the temperature and humidity of wherever it’s going. Do NOT lay it on concrete -- or it could warp.There is no indication on anything as to where these tops are assembled or where the wood comes from. The maple is very hard.Customer images show how these two maple tops were used.