TheFatBaron Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 I wanted to make something for some friends who are getting married, and decided on a cutting board, since they love to cook. Also, I just wanted to make a cutting board. I had a couple pieces of 8/4 hickory and 8/4 walnut that I didn't have an immediate use for, plus some 4/4 jatoba scraps sitting around. I was thinking about doing a long grain cutting board since I don't personally care for the "checkerboard" pattern of most end grain boards, but then remember Guillame's 'scrap' table he posted here, which was created from a bunch of random, short scraps. The jatoba was .75" thick, when flat and square, so I cut the walnut and hickory to .75" and 1.5" thick. From there, I just laid out the pattern and when I was happy, glued it together. Unfortunately, I messed up the glue-up, and some of the seams had gaps, so I gave it a rough flattening, then cut along the bad glue lines on the tablesaw, then reglued. I'm not comfortable on the router table, so to make it easy to hold, I cut a simple parallelogram profile into the short sides. The final dimensions around 13x19x1.5." The finish is GF Salad Bowl Finish, using Marc's method. If I had to do it again... well... I'd be way more careful on the glue-up. But otherwise, this really isn't that bad to do. It's a bit like laying out a hardwood floor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkirby Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 That looks great. I like the randomness of the pieces and the dark and moody look of the dark colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobcrosley Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 I LOVE that edge detail. Very masculine. I have a friend who is an excellent chef and immediately thought of how much he'd like something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBaker Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Nice work, FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarton22 Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I LOVE IT!! The composition is fantastic!! The bevel is a real nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reclaimedwoodblog Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Good work and nice design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChetlovesMer Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 That's really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren66 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Looks great. And a good excuse not to throw away 'scraps'...might have to start a box for suitable offcuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 very nice- and yes... expect that edge detail to be "borrowed" - I really like it too Lawrence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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