osgw380 Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 This is a cutting board I recently had made. It was a gift for a lady that her father had just past away. Her father and his father were both wood workers and as per normal of us they had a hoard of nice lumber. She had given me a small board of what she thought was pine that had been her grandfathers and she new it came from a stack 30 plus years old. Once I held it I knew it was maple. So I matched it up with some walnut that I had to make a gift for her as a reminder of her family's wood working past. I must say I had a smile on my face the whole time I put this together (even all the sanding). Everything seemed to come together perfect on this with no problems at all. I told her that I'm sure he had saved the maple for something special all those years and I hoped it would have made him smile to see what it became. The board is the same dimensions as thewoodwhisperer's board. It is sanded up to 220 and finished with salad bowl finish. I sanded this up with my festool ets and it has me now longing for a rotex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnorris1369 Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Great project. Great story!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggers Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Good job! Beautifully done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Wow good job! She will really appreciate this for many, many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Great looking board! Doing something to preserve memories will always brings a smile. Years back I made a breadbox for my mother and father in law. The wood I used was from their old kitchen cabinets that they had just replace. They always thought that was the coolest breadbox even though artistically it wasn't much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Nice Board ! You need a drum sander before a Rotex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Beautiful board and great story! I'm with Steve tho about needing the drum sander rather than the Rotex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osgw380 Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Thanks for the compliments. And I agree I would like the drum sander. I have been sanding cutting boards with the belt sander then removing the scratches with the ets so I was think the rotex would remove the belt sander scratches faster plus be used on most other projects as well where a drum sander might not be used as often but will be an addition to the shop one of these days for sure. Plus a domino, plus a larger planer, plus a larger jointer, plus......it never seems to end the needs of the shop or maybe most of those are wants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 If I had to make a choice between my rotex and my drum sander, the rotex would go in a heartbeat. It's one of those tools that, once I hade one, I kicked myself for not doing it much sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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