Groovy boards

Nice Design!

Interesting idea with the grooves!

Great job. Did you just free-hand the grooves, or did you have some sort of jig?

I used a router guide for the outside grooves and made a pattern for the inside. The pattern looked like a banana jutting out of a half circle. I flipped it over to make the branching groove. After cutting the half-circle tray I inserted a wedge under the template so the groove would run down hill into the tray.

-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com

imo the burn marks in the grooves take away from the beautiful grain/contrasting woods, but it is a beautiful board! Did you do the routing in several passes or less? i also find that that router cutter spray works well if you spray it right before you cut, but i can’t say anything I still burn it up too, maybe cheap bits are the culprit to my issue mostly though? as well as human error lol

Well done, of the different boards that have been posted, the blood line is the most original.

Well done.

-- Norm (AKA - The Maddhatter), Middletown DE

I’ve all but eliminated router burns by using sharp bits and a router speed control . Also , make a final cut by removing just the tiniest bit of wood to clean any “boo boos ” up .
Thank you for enlightening me about the term “blood moats ” (slap to forehead ) DOH !!!.......I’ve been calling them ” juice grooves ” all this time : ) Happy Holidays !

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

I call them juice grooves also. The first time I make something it usually isn’t quite as good as I’d like. I’ll try to do better next time. ;)

-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com