| Project by Justus | posted 366 days ago | 635 views | 0 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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The concept for this cutting board is derived from the live-long quest for a simple separation of goodies and waste. By using two plastic containers you can simply shovel the waste into the right one and the goodies into the left one (or vice versa, your choice). The containers simply go into the dishwasher. The craftmanship here leaves room for improvement: You could use end grain boards, invent some more elaborate methods of removing the containers rather than my simple lifting the entire board (I use the inside rim of the top board as handle). The second picture shows just that while the third is an inverted view. The cutting board is gkued from three commercially glued panels, top is beech, the two bottom ones are some local softwood (fir/spruce). The trick was to find containers whose height matches the combined height of two panels.
I am thrilled to see whether my idea is taken up by the community.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 366 days ago
what a smart idea!!
easy cleanup.
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lew
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posted 366 days ago
Ditto what MsDebbie said!
Derek Lyons
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posted 366 days ago
Works good – so long as the plastic containers survive.
-- Derek, Bremerton WA --
woodworm
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posted 366 days ago
Practical and functional.
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
dsb1829
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posted 366 days ago
Nice board. I love the concept. I have a one cup board that gets used often, but waste usually piles up on it. In the case of my wife she likes to leave the waste to dry on the board making it a pain to clean. The 2 cup would solve this issue. I may just have to make her one for Christmas. About the only improvement I could suggest would be handles or hand holds to help lift the board to get the cups out.
-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama
Napaman
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posted 366 days ago
good idea!!!!!!!
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
Justus
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posted 361 days ago
Thank you guys for the encouragement.
@dsb1829—Doug, with more elaborate I meant things like drawers or the like. The lifting of the board is very practical, but also somewhat barbaric.