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I'm making a lot of the gifts i'm giving out for Christmas this year
on this installment, i decided to make cutting/serving boards from found scrap wood
it started with a broken 1-1/2" thick pallet oak board
i cut the bard and joined the edges
sent it through the wood planer to get good looking wood on both sides
i glued the 2 board halves together with Titebond 3 waterproof glue into a trapezoidal plank
after pondering the next move, it occurred to me that it could easily be shaped into a cleaver-like looking cutting board !
i laid out a crude handle and made the cuts
i used a small hand planer to relieve the corners and sanded to 220Grit
here you go, in the unfinished state
the cutting board had some checking on the far end
I cross drilled 2mm and added stabilizing dowels
i'll finish the oak cutting board with food safe light mineral oil before i'm done
i was working on finishing this cutting board,
when i stumbled upon a piece of construction fir i found last week
the board had been ripped such that left a feature much like a real cleaver blade, but at a different angle
seeing this, left little doubt as to what it would be transformed into....
i took the oak cutting board and transferred the tracing to this fir board
and made the cut out
i used a propane torch to char the fir, then nocked the char down with 120 grit sandpaper- and finished with 220 grit sandpaper
this serving board was finished with food safe light mineral oil
the next serving board was constructed for the same piece of lumber, although it looks a bit different
this one was finished with beeswax
note, the cleaver like knife edge !
due to some deep character cracking in the board, i cross drilled 2 3/8" holes and added glue and dowels to stabilize the serving board
then i added a wood burned message on the serving board for laughs
as always thanks for looking!
on this installment, i decided to make cutting/serving boards from found scrap wood
it started with a broken 1-1/2" thick pallet oak board
i cut the bard and joined the edges
sent it through the wood planer to get good looking wood on both sides
i glued the 2 board halves together with Titebond 3 waterproof glue into a trapezoidal plank
after pondering the next move, it occurred to me that it could easily be shaped into a cleaver-like looking cutting board !
i laid out a crude handle and made the cuts
i used a small hand planer to relieve the corners and sanded to 220Grit
here you go, in the unfinished state
the cutting board had some checking on the far end
I cross drilled 2mm and added stabilizing dowels
i'll finish the oak cutting board with food safe light mineral oil before i'm done
i was working on finishing this cutting board,
when i stumbled upon a piece of construction fir i found last week
the board had been ripped such that left a feature much like a real cleaver blade, but at a different angle
seeing this, left little doubt as to what it would be transformed into....
i took the oak cutting board and transferred the tracing to this fir board
and made the cut out
i used a propane torch to char the fir, then nocked the char down with 120 grit sandpaper- and finished with 220 grit sandpaper
this serving board was finished with food safe light mineral oil
the next serving board was constructed for the same piece of lumber, although it looks a bit different
this one was finished with beeswax
note, the cleaver like knife edge !
due to some deep character cracking in the board, i cross drilled 2 3/8" holes and added glue and dowels to stabilize the serving board
then i added a wood burned message on the serving board for laughs
as always thanks for looking!
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