On Tuesday of this week, the LOML suggested that I should make something for my sister and niece as we are traveling to Canada next week for a short visit!
I have seen several folks here building cutting boards. Seemed simple enough:BangHead::BangHead:. Now I know better! I ran (it seemed) all over Raleigh looking for one piece of maple and walnut. I had enough cherry on hand. Using a plan from Wood Magazine, I thought I would tackle their rendition of the end grain cutting board. Everything seemed to be going pretty well until I got to face gluing all of the cutoffs from the blank (48 of them for 2 boards). My biggest issue was controlling the glue squeeze-out and finding it all before I applied the finish. Missed a couple of spots!!!:BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
Oh well. I am out of time, so these will just have to do! (Perhaps if I go up next year, I can volunteer to sand and reapply the mineral oil - getting out the spots I missed.)
(I now have a great appreciation for the great work on cutting boards, chess and checker boards that I see here from all of you!)
Here is a picture (sorry poor) of the "completed" cutting boards!
Wayne
I have seen several folks here building cutting boards. Seemed simple enough:BangHead::BangHead:. Now I know better! I ran (it seemed) all over Raleigh looking for one piece of maple and walnut. I had enough cherry on hand. Using a plan from Wood Magazine, I thought I would tackle their rendition of the end grain cutting board. Everything seemed to be going pretty well until I got to face gluing all of the cutoffs from the blank (48 of them for 2 boards). My biggest issue was controlling the glue squeeze-out and finding it all before I applied the finish. Missed a couple of spots!!!:BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
Oh well. I am out of time, so these will just have to do! (Perhaps if I go up next year, I can volunteer to sand and reapply the mineral oil - getting out the spots I missed.)
(I now have a great appreciation for the great work on cutting boards, chess and checker boards that I see here from all of you!)
Here is a picture (sorry poor) of the "completed" cutting boards!
Wayne