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Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Welcome to LJ’s.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Hello Los,

Welcome to LJs. I hope that you will find this to be an exciting and rewarding part of your woodworking journey.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.

Welcome to Lumberjocks Los. This is a great community of people with like interests.There is much to learn here & you will have the opportunity to share your skills & ideas with others. I hope you enjoy LJ’s as much as I do.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Welcome to lumberjocks. I hope you take advantage of all the possibilities LJ’s offers.

-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison

Welcome to LJs!! Glad you have joined us!!

-- Paul D - Lawrenceville, Georgia

Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

When I made my maple cutting board I made sure to use a couple different pieces of maple. Once I have all the long strips cut I shuffle them up. These seems to help bring out the random pattern a little better. Also sometimes to check I’ll wet a rag with mineral spirits and wipe it across the end grain of the long strips, it helps to give you a bit of an idea of how it may finish. And the mineral spirits evaporate and don’t affect the final finishing of the board. Good luck!

-- You can never have enough tools

Kram79, thanks for the great tip. My first try at a nice random board was or is a disaster…...i cut individual pieces that of course was a nightmare to try and glue in a even strip. I have been working on it and just using a block plane to try and make them fit. Slowly but surely I will finish it but there will be plenty of glue gaps on it.

I have a bunch of 8/4 hard maple ready for my next one. I think I will try your version.

Another year has rolled by. Congratulations on your 2nd anniversary at Lumber Jocks. Thanks for helping make LJ a great place to visit and happy anniversary!

-- gjd Southcentral Wisconsin