This round endgrain chopping board is made from Red IronBark and Bloodwood… local native hardwoods milled just around the corner… initially they were short decking boards…
3 wide boards and 1 narrower one…glued together then cut and roll and rotate. [standard construction method…]
Then cut into a circle on the band saw circle cutting jig… sanded at the disc sander on the circle sanding jig…
Then oiled with grape seed oil…
11 inches in diameter and 1 1/4 inch thick….
This was a prototype to see how the decking boards would work out…
Seems like a winner… now for a larger version… stay tuned…

This round endgrain chopping board is made from Red IronBark and Bloodwood… local native hardwoods milled just around the corner… initially they were short decking boards…
3 wide boards and 1 narrower one…glued together then cut and roll and rotate. [standard construction method…]
Then cut into a circle on the band saw circle cutting jig… sanded at the disc sander on the circle sanding jig…
Then oiled with grape seed oil…
11 inches in diameter and 1 1/4 inch thick….
This was a prototype to see how the decking boards would work out…
Seems like a winner… now for a larger version… stay tuned…

Visited the local sawmill for the first time this week… actually just around the corner…been meaning to drop in for quite a while… only sell wholesale… not to the general public… [lucky I am not general public..]
Bought some bundles of native hardwoods..pic 2…bloodwood, red iron bark, tallowwood, spotted gum…
Selected 12 pieces and dressed them…pic 3…
and laminated them… glued them up with TiteBond III.. pic 4
Cut, rolled, alternated and re glued… pic 5
Made a really nice chopping board…endgrain rules…
Total dimensions 11 inches by 13 inches but just under 3/4 inch…[275×325x18 mm]
Total cost…under 5 dollars…
Result…. priceless…
{ well actually will be asking $50.00}

Loading a few pics of endgrain boards finished in the last few weeks…[instead of posting individual boards…]
First one is 3 inches thick..Tasmanian Myrtle and New Guinea Rosewood.
Second is Tasmanian Flame Myrtle.
Third is Flame Myrtle and Celery Top Pine…both Tasmanian timbers.
Fourth is a shot of the market table with them exhibited.
The last two pics are not endgrain but still fabulous boards..
Fifth is Flame Myrtle and Celery Top Pine.
Last is Mango with Jarrah edge stripe…Wain edge at the front..

Just a little end grain board made form Tasmanian Myrtle, Flame Myrtle and New Guinea Rosewood..
Playing around with shapes and cut and switch…
This is one of several endgrain boards made this week for the markets…more later.

This sign is double sided…So depending on mood…etc…it can be flipped around…
On one side is…. Whipbird Cottage…
and on the other… L.O. Resort…
Timber is Queensland Maple and has been left au natural …...including wain edge and cracks…

Any self respecting man cave needs a sign.. and not just any sign… one with Capt Caveman…
First is Queensland Maple with a small knot and a wain edge.
Second is Quilted Queensland Maple..
Capt Caveman was my hero growing up…
The font is YAHOO…

An order from a local bakery and cafe… they use a wood fire to bake… and wanted small boards with handles to serve their breakfasts in hot pans.
Over all size is 300mm by 150mm [12×6 inches] with the handle being 100 mm [4in] made from New Guinea Rosewood. I marked the handle with a slight inward slant and cut it on the bandsaw..
A small hole will facilitate hanging and all the edges were rounded over with a 10 mm roundover bit..
I have included some progress shots and the last pic is the oil bath I use to saturated the timber and then drip dry…
NB..I bought the knives..

Two Camphor Laurel wain edge slabs… gothic font… the lack of colour in the camphor is a perfect foil for the words…
Nice quick job..
Just got to love that laser….
Small sign is 600mm wide and the larger on is 800mm…

This endgrain chopping board and matching knife were ordered by a friend as a wedding gift..
Made from Huon Pine… from Tasmanian… and Karri… related to Jarrah… from Western Australia…
400mm by 250mm and 35mm thick…

Had a request for a series of egg racks.
These are to be kept on the kitchen bench so that there is access to room temperature eggs whilst baking…
The designs were left up to me.. but there needed to be 2 6 egg holders, 2 6 up and 6 down egg holders, 2 12 egg holders and 1 16 egg holder…7 all up…
1.. hexagonal New Guinea Rosewood tumbling block trivet with 6 holes drilled at the junctions of the cubes.
2.. 6 holes drilled in a board and then edged.
3.. double decker with turned risers.
4.. quilted Queensland maple.
5.. different colour stringing between the holes and framed..

Thanks for dropping by…

There were ordered for Xmas presents and are on there way to new homes.

1. Tasmanian Blackwood. 700mm diameter
[Edit… this is all the same timber… just different boards… giving a different grain pattern… all random..]

2. New Guinea Rosewood with Quilted Queensland Maple border. 500mm diameter

3. Quilted Queensland Maple with New Guinea Rosewood border. 500mm diameter

Last three photographs are progress shots…

Enjoy and thanks for looking…

This is a cheese board…
3 feet long, and 14 inches across at the narrowest and 24 inches across the widest… 1 inch thick…
Camphor Laurel with Rosewood edging across the ends.

Had a little hairy oak laying around.. it had been through a bush fire and was all burnt…almost all.
Cut a small piece off the bottom and drilled holes in both bits and inserted some clocks…
That is about it…came out quite well … first one with the brass bezel sold straight away at the market yesterday… and had a lot of comments about the blue faced one today…

Only one photo….
This 700mm by 500mm CHEESEBOARD made from Camphor Laurel was picked up from Kelvin Grove Markets yesterday… they loved it… in the corner is a laser engraved motto… CARPE DIEM… latin for ’ seize the day ’...
Engraving was filled with 2-pac resin and sanded for a smooth finish…liberal coats of grapeseed oil brought out the colour and grain..
Thanks for looking…

Actually took a few days…and there are 12 large and 5 small…
Here are a few boards… some finished some not… but hey… they are from the timber in my last wood gloat… the curly [quilted] Queensland Maple and some other timbers I had lying around…
They include Jarrah, Silver Ash, Purple Heart and Myrtle.
Large ones are 400 mm by 250 mm and the small are 250 mm by 200 mm…. [you convert to imperial]

It is sometimes good to see the rough blank half finished…

During my visit to the Roma and Community Men’s Shed for a 3 day workshop on the Torque Workcentre and other woodworking topics…. I had the good fortune of turning my first pen…
The timber used was Brigalow and I had a lot of help from the Shed’s resident turner….Alec.
So not only did the members of the club learn something [I hope] ... so did I…

This is bookcase, not a cutting board…
It is made from one of my all time favourite timbers… New Guinea Rosewood.
It stands 1.6 metres tall and is over 2 metres wide… [over 5 feet high and just under 7 feet wide…]
Carcase has blind dovetail joinery and all the shelves and vertical dividers are fitted with sliding dovetails…
One fine detail is that all the face fronts are rounded over at the join…
Finished with several coats of Danish Oil handrubbed…
Last pic is another teaser… a chest of drawers made at the same time from the same timber…
Both delivered last week… to very proud new owners…
When I have time I will post more on the chest…
Thanks for stopping by to take a look..

I know it has been a while since I posted a project… not to say I have not been busy making things… just slack in posting…
This board started out as a typical small end grain board… but when I put the oil on… whoa… the colours really popped..
The board is 225 mm square… approx… or 9 inches for those who have not caught up to the metric system yet..lol
Two timbers were used… the pinkish/orange one is Jarrah…eucalyptus marginata and the brownish/orange one is New Guinea Rosewood…. ptericarpus indicus…
There are small finger recesses routed in the base for easy lifting… edges have been slightly arissed.
Finished with several coats of grapeseed oil…
Not sure if I will put rubber feet on…... maybe I will..
Last pic is a small teaser showing some of the board I am working on this week…

I was asked to do the engraving on a sign for the new Men’s Shed in Woodford…

They sent me a rather interesting design… as a BMP and after a very small amount of playing around..

And here is a few shots of the engraver doing its thing…this was in raster mode… engraving… moving left to right and right to left….just like a printer…
We can see that there is a pass through opening in the front…one at the back too… this allows material larger than the worktable to be engraved…

12 minutes in…taken from the side of the cabinet.

A few minutes later from the front…Just about… took nearly 50 minutes…

Done… the lettering was done in vector mode…outline… and took only 6 minutes…

EDITORS NOTE.. this piece of ply is 600 mm by 900 mm [3 feet by 2 feet for the readers over the pond..]