My largest chopping board yet. #2: Dressing the boards..

Looking good so far Larry, nice variety of wood. Look forward to the next episode.

-- Bob C, Australia. I love sharing as long as it is not my tools

You are an adventure in wood, Larry!
Like Bob, I’m anxious to see the next installment.
Ellen

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Now you got me hooked to “As The Board Glues”....... Will it Crack? Will it Warp? tune in tomorrow!

;-)

-bob

-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org

Larry,

You are the cutting board master. One of the first LJ projects that inspired me was one of your cutting boards. I had a lot of small pieces of lumber left over from making gunstocks, so I made a cutting board from them and used it as the top of a kitchen island. its about 24” by 24” in size. Another project I want to make someday is to build a bench from a laminated slab of blocks. I’m building another hydraulic press to glue up gunstock blanks that will handle a 12” X 55” X 4” glue up.

-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com

Looking Good, Staying Tuned!

-- Nick, Virginia, http://www.etsy.com/shop/NONICKSWOOD

Looks good, Larry.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Looks like it is coming together Larry. Questions and a comments:

>“making sure to orientate the grain…”
For looks, or for stability?

>“wood movement in larger pieces may eventually cause cracks…”
Percentage wise, thin strips expand as much as wide strips. They can cause just as many cracks. Are you breadboarding the ends?

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Fun to watch Larry and I never would have thought to see the final pattern the way you did it. Looking forward to the next installment.

-- Mike, American in Norway

That’s going to be a big one! Looking forward to your next post.

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

Larry: What are the woods? Are they hardwood? Small pores?

26×16 is large. Could make a chopping table out of it.

-- Phil Zoeller louisville, KY

Looking good, Larry. What kind of glue did you use?

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

Thanks for the blog on boardem assembly,you da master of the board.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

I just finished my biggest board to date and it was way more work than I expected.
Looking forward to seeing yours.

-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois

If I had any questions, somebody else has asked them. Nothing like seeing a project take shape.

-- Robert, so much inspiration here, and so little time!

Trees fear you!!!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX