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Chopping Blocks #2 Being Green

Project by Obi posted 332 days ago 443 views 1 time favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

In the true nature of the salvager… taking reclaimed lumber. Local Hardwood store uses 4” x 5” x 4’ Cherry, Oak, Alder… as “stickers” or dunnage or whatever you’re used to calling the material they use to stack large units of lumber on to make it fork lift accessable.

These Next two …(Hey, maybe I’ll just post them all here, or am i going to post them seperately so I can have more projects individually to make me look … never mind, here they are.)

The first two would have been identical twins except the purple heart strips on the second. The woods in these are Oak on the outside, and thin strips of Purple Heart and I have no clue what the others were. I thought that the two darker boards were American Cherry but it was an unmarked board so I dont know. It was also free because they didnt know ansomeone just used it as a sticker.

The third one is Red Oak, American Cherry with Purple Heart Strips

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/


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Karson

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posted 332 days ago

Some more great ones Obi.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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jim1953

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posted 332 days ago

Lookin good Got to love Recycled Wood

-- Jim, Kentucky

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Tony

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posted 332 days ago

I like #1 the best from the 3, but they all have a nice grain orientation. A good use of salvaged wood. Have you applied any finish to boards yet?

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

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Obi

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posted 331 days ago

Just Mineral Oil, Tony

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 331 days ago

I’m liking two best, but they are all good.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Obi

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posted 331 days ago

My actual favorite is the maple, brazilian Cherry, walnut, purple heart previously posted

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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mmh

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posted 331 days ago

That’s some pretty fancy “dunnage”. What’s your zip code 90208?

I love the grain and woods of the first one most of all, but the other two are really nice too. My kitchen counter says they’re all nice.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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mtnwild

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posted 331 days ago

I like the first one the most. I’m with mmh, that’s dunnage?

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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TreeBones

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posted 331 days ago

They are all great. Good save, awesome work.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

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Obi

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posted 331 days ago

Thanks Ron.

It’s amazing what you can find at your local hardwood supplier. And one man’s dunnage is another man’s chopping block

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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jockmike2

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posted 331 days ago

Hey ole buddy, where ya been? Workin I suppose? Beautiful chop blocks, make nice gifts, or whacken boards to hit somebody, oh, thats right, we ain’t like that anymore, are we? Happy Holidays bud.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Napaman

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posted 330 days ago

awesome!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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Obi

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posted 330 days ago

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DAN

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posted 137 days ago

these are nice …

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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a1Jim

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posted 137 days ago

Very cool cutting boards well done.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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