Butcher Block ~ Day 1

Normite Lou, could you explain what you are doing in the pictures above and why. I know, I think, that you are pouring glue over the butcher block, but I don’t understand…are you doing this to seal it and gluing it up at the same time? :^\

-- Jesus is Lord!

Os- check out the video/slideshow – that pretty much explains it. I was a bit curious at first too!

Normite- if this is going to be an ongoing thing you should post it as a blog series and then when the butcher block is complete, post it as a (finished) project…

Looks good so far!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

looks fun…i enjoyed the video

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

Neat video, lookin forward to day 2!

-- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye!

I think he had enough glue on it. Nice production and the project should be nice.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

What wood did you use, maple and walnut?

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

plugin won’t work on my Mac… I’ll have to get some tech support (son-in-law) working on this for me!

Love your attitude: “I’m having fun”. That’s what it should be all about!!

I’m looking forward to seeing the video.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Wow, neat idea. The cutting board looks great. I wish I had the time to make something like that.

Thanks for the idea on the video. I was originally going to blog my bunk bed project through picture, but now, the video idea looks good. Thanks for the great idea.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

Hi Oscorner, yes, the first glue up was with grain, then the pieces are rotated 90 degrees and clamped.
Next step: dry, sand, cut 12 pieces perpendicular to cross grain.

-- Normite Lou

Hi Snowdog, yes I used Hard Maple and Walnut!

-- Normite Lou

Hi RobH, I am not finished yet, Ive got dozens of projects going at once.
Day 1 of the Butcher Block only took about 1/2 hour! I estimate it will take about 3 hours total. I will post actual time when the project is complete!

Actually, I did not have my video camera with me that day, I just took some digital stills and processed them in Pinnacale Studio Plus 10.7 as if they were a video. Pretty quick, it only took about an hour to sort thru the pictures, insert the ones I wanted, add text comments and a logo, music and BAM ~ video out!
Actually I would call it a medium high res video slideshow!

-- Normite Lou

Nice, Lou! I think it’s a great project and obviously well done.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Lou,
How did you determine how much pressure you were applying?

-- http://nmwoodworks.com (pens & bowls, mostly)

i also made a maple and walnut cutting board, then read in a wood magaizine that walnut is toxic and should come into contact with food, thats why walnut shavings should never be dumped into a mulch pile. enjoy your project but use as decoration not a food prep surface.

-- Dan

Hi Hands O Gold, Bummer. Where can I get a copy of that article!
I guess I am building a large papaer weight!

-- Normite Lou

Hi Bill in Detroit, (4) of the Clamps I used are rated at 2100 lbs clamping force and the other (2) were at 750 lbs clamping force.

-- Normite Lou

Thanks for the reminder on this project. When I saw it on the WoodWhisperer, I made a mental not to make one – must have been a senior’s moment – I forgot about it entirely. LOL

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Hi Don, TWW did a nice job describing the project! Its not that hard to do!

-- Normite Lou