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So like everyone else at Lumberjocks I’ve started making some cutting boards. I wanted to come up with a way to quickly see how a design might turn out and here are some screen shots. You can go to www.newcalshop.com to download a copy of the file.
It helps to think in terms of rows and columns, each row being the same color/pattern, and each column being a cross section of the rows. Use the rectangle tool from the drawing toolbar to make a horizontal stripe. By double clicking on that object or by right clicking on it you can view a window from which you can set the exact width and length, and you can even fill it in with patterns and colors. You can use Ctrl.+ Left Click to drag a copy to another location. After you make a bunch of stripes you then select each one, just Ctrl+Click on each and, here’s the trick, choose paste special as picture in an empty part of the sheet. You then resize that picture like a column. The new column should be a cross section or checkerboard-type pattern of your rows. Then all you have to do is make some copies of that column and line them up against each other using the same technique as the rows.
Here’s the fun part, all you have to do is click on any of the columns, grab the rotate handle and flip it around just like you would if you were assembling a real board. It sounds like a lot of work but it only takes about five minutes to design a cutting board.
-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com
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mot
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#1 posted 1652 days ago
That’s just awesome! Downloading it now.
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lew
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#2 posted 1652 days ago
Thanks for the file!
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#3 posted 1652 days ago
This is fantastic! Thank you for the file.
newTim
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#4 posted 1652 days ago
You’re welcome. I just updated the file with another design. You can go nuts with this. Remember… at your final cut… the width of the cut will become the thickness of the final board and the thickness will become the width of each cross section. I’ll be putting the first coat of finish tomorrow on my first Spagnuolo and will be milling up a bunch of different stock so I can keep the process going. Pictures to follow.
-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com
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#5 posted 1652 days ago
Thanks for sharing.
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#6 posted 1652 days ago
I have downloaded the file. Thanks.
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#7 posted 1651 days ago
Thanks for the file Tim.
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#8 posted 1651 days ago
I’ve never even thought about using Excel for this. Thanks for the ideas.
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#9 posted 1651 days ago
Thanks for posting this. I downloaded the files and grabbed a couple of bookmarks as well!
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#10 posted 1651 days ago
Cool! Thanks!
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#11 posted 1651 days ago
Well done Sir!!!!!!!!!!
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#12 posted 1009 days ago
I tried to find the file on your website. Is it still there? If it is still available I would love to get it!! Thanks!
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newTim
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#13 posted 1009 days ago
Chefdavid… I will send you the file, but you’re in luck. Shortly after I started using excel to design cutting boards, jayman7 wrote an actual program that is amazing. Here's the link
-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com
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