Last minute Xmas gifts

[DaveO]

The LOML asked if I could make a cutting board for her aunt. Sure, no problem. Raided the scrap stock pile and came up with this. The design, OK, the construction, came out pretty well. I will give it a hardy rubbing of mineral oil between now and Christmas. And hope her aunt is happy. Dave

 

[Monty]

Cool! I need to get some nicer scraps like that! :mrgreen:

 

[DaveO]

All you have to do is make more mistakes with nicer wood :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead:

Not my favorite practice but it sure does help stock the scrap pile.
Dave

 

[D L Ames]

That turned out very nice Dave.:icon_thum I wish I had a scrap pile that was as well stocked as yours. How long did you let your glue-up set before you started machining the cutting board?

D L

 

[cskipper]

It looks great! Good job.

 

[DaveO]

DL - I generally let Titebond III set up for a few hours before continuing with my work. That probably isn't the best method but I've never had a glue failure yet.

Mike - the board is about an inch thick, so it's not as heavy as a end grain chopping block, but it is still substantial. I instruct everyone one I give a cutting board to, that it is for vegetable use only. Don't consider mixing veggies and meat on the same board.
Dave

 

[SteveColes]

Dave, my wife saw the picture and loved it. The only problem that she saw, was that there was no way she could actually use it for chopping.:lol:

 

[DaveO]

I have ran into that problem before :slap: I tell people to go ahead and use it, I can always re-surface it, a little sanding and it looks like the day they got it.

So, I guess you have to make one now, for the LOYL:lol:



Dave

 

[SteveColes]

I have ran into that problem before :slap: I tell people to go ahead and use it, I can always re-surface it, a little sanding and it looks like the day they got it.

So, I guess you have to make one now, for the LOYL:lol:



Dave

Only if I can raid your:lol: scrap pile

 

[DaveO]

Anytime you want:icon_thum but I am going through it pretty quick, seeing as I can't afford new wood, lately:crybaby2:

Dave

 

[clowman]

Nice work Dave, my wife would probally hang that on the wall. Tell me, how durable is mineral oil finish? Does it take much maintence over time?

 

[rickc]

Thought I would share some of the Christmas gifts coming out of my shop this year. The biggie was the gun case. Measures 4" h x 10" w x 44" l. I made it from rough cut walnut I got on one of my trips to NY. It is for my Dad who enjoys shooting - made for a Marlin lever action. Photo quality is poor, but I was able to get a mirror finish by using several coats of water base polyurethane & a final protective coat of paste wax.

The bird candle holder is a quickie made form shop scraps. 3 birds scroll sawn, placed at various heights on a piece of red oak.

The final ones, the wavy clocks - remind me of clocks on acid! Fun to make because I didn't really have to "follow the lines"! THAT I can handle!. They will be gifts for my nieces.

Had a chance to learn/practice quite a bit - like how to use the Keller dovetail jig for the case corners, and some refreshed scroll sawing for the others. Lesson reinforced most rudely - however much time I think it will take to make the gifts - double it!!!

 

[D L Ames]

Wow, those are all very nicely done Rick.:icon_thum I am sure they will all be very well received come Christmas morning. How did you finish the inside of the gun case?

D L

 

[rickc]

Wow, those are all very nicely done Rick.:icon_thum I am sure they will all be very well received come Christmas morning. How did you finish the inside of the gun case?

D L

Before assembling the carcass, I sanded the inside down to 220 grit. That way I was most of the way home. After that, all I had to do was scrap off the glue run off, and then do touch up sanding. Applied conditioner, sanded and then applied a coat of glossy finish. I lined it with foam to cushion the gun, and wanted to have a surface to which I could fasten double sided carpet tape to hold the foam. Admittedly, not as fussy on the inside and was hoping a "rougher" finish would proved a better surface to catch and hold the foam. Seemed to have worked.

Now if UPS doesn't destroy it.... 8-O

 

[DaveO]

Rick, you were explaining those projects to me at the TWA mtg., and I really couldn't picture them. Now I see. Excellent, I really like the clocks "on acid":lol: That looks like a project I could groove with. Dave