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Butcher Block ~ Day 1

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Butcher Block Day 1
This is my first Butcher Block.
Inspired by TWW’s 2 part video.
I know I did not follow his instructions very well!
But I am having fun!
I hope I don’t Butcher it up!

Normite Lou

-- Normite Lou


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oscorner

4573 posts in 851 days


posted 502 days ago

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!

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Dorje

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posted 502 days ago

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

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Napaman

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posted 502 days ago

looks fun…i enjoyed the video

-- Matt, Napa, CA...119 days to sanity...

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Dano

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posted 502 days ago

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!

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cajunpen

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posted 502 days ago

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/

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snowdog

688 posts in 523 days


posted 502 days ago

What wood did you use, maple and walnut?

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

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MsDebbieP

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posted 502 days ago

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.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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RobH

306 posts in 590 days


posted 501 days ago

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

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NormiteLou

36 posts in 512 days


posted 500 days ago

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

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NormiteLou

36 posts in 512 days


posted 500 days ago

Hi Snowdog, yes I used Hard Maple and Walnut!

-- Normite Lou

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NormiteLou

36 posts in 512 days


posted 500 days ago

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

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mot

4863 posts in 576 days


posted 500 days ago

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)

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BillinDetroit

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posted 500 days ago

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

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

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HandsOgold

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posted 499 days ago

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

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NormiteLou

36 posts in 512 days


posted 499 days ago

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

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NormiteLou

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posted 499 days ago

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

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Don

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posted 499 days ago

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.canterburybaptist.org/

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NormiteLou

36 posts in 512 days


posted 499 days ago

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

-- Normite Lou

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