Maple, Lyptus, cherry cutting board

Don’t want to nitpick. Because the board is great. Looking at it I’d like all of the end grain on the dark brown have the smile going the same way. Some are a smile and some are a frown.

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

However, mathematically speaking there is a “pattern” to the smiles. 2 smiles, 2 upside down smiles etc…
Big Smiles to you Ned, great design. Nice gift.
Where do you get lyptus? My suppliers don’t carry it.

Lisa

-- I inherited the woodworking gene and it's gone into overdrive.......

Very nice cutter. I like the way the grain alternates.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

now that’s a board you could actually cut on without hurting it ! good job : )

-- 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 .

As for the smiles, that’s what was in there, I simply glued up the board, cut it apart and tried (evidently I failed once?) to strictly flip end for end and then turn them up to get the end grain, so each one’s mate is on the opposite side of the board (if you follow..)

Source for Lyptus, Get in touch with Brian at Lakeshorehardwoods.com. He’s local to me, but Does ship up to full pallet quantities of wood. That particular board I bought simply to try out Lyptus, have used it in several boards now, and I really like it. It is actually Harder than the rock maple in the rest of the board, and of course, Much harder than that cherry.

Thanks all!

I sent it along with the classic recipe for care and feeding… Mineral oil once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month from then on…

-- Ned - 2B1ASK1 http://nedswoodshop.blogspot.com

Super Nice cutting board looks fantastic.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Nice cutting board.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker