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Not much to say about this really. I haven’t had time to do any woodworking for a while, and I had a couple 4/4 maple and walnut shorts lying around getting in my way.
I’ve never tried to use thin offcuts like this before, I’m surprised at how well it turned out. The pattern is slightly skewed (for some reason the walnut ended up slightly thinner than the maple on the 1/32” and 2/32” strips), but unless you know to look for it you’d never be able to tell.
That said, I like my end-grain cutting boards a lot better in terms of functionality, so I don’t know if something like this would be a regular project. Its a hell of a lot easier to sand though! =)
-- Dylan Vanderhoof - General hobbiest and reluctant penmaker. http://llarian.etsy.com





























15 comments so far
woodworm
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posted 69 days ago
Very beautiful!

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spanky46
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posted 69 days ago
Sweet looking! Thanks.
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Mike Gager
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posted 69 days ago
wow thats cool
Cantil3v3r
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posted 69 days ago
That is really sharp looking, nice work!
isetegija
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posted 69 days ago
Really nice looking board , very well done.
Thanks for sharing with us .
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degoose
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posted 69 days ago
The walnut and maple combo just make this board pop!!
Did you use the Incra TSLS?
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RexMcKinnon
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posted 69 days ago
Looks really nice. If you don’t like it as a cutting board it would make a perfect serving tray.
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Durnik150
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posted 69 days ago
Eye bending! Great work!
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a1Jim
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posted 69 days ago
Looks great spectacular . It would be interesting to know how you varied the thickness of the strips.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
huff
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posted 69 days ago
Dylan, I realy like your design and build. Would love to see more pictures of this one. Thanks for sharing.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
Llarian
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posted 69 days ago
Nope, no Incra. I wish I had one! I’m waiting until I get a cabinet saw before I splurge on the TSLS. I just used the stock fence on my Rigid TS3650.
The thickness wasn’t terribly difficult. Planed down the boards to match, and set the fence to just under the width of the widest board and ripped both to size.
I measured my kerf at almost exactly 3/32” (close enough). So the first cut was done by moving the fence 4/32”, the offcut was 1/32” and made the first set of strips. Next cut was done by moving the fence 5/32” leaving a 2/32” offcut. I just kept incrementing the fence movement until I ran out of board.
I wasn’t sure how it would work with my relatively cheap fence, but the strips came out glue ready (thank my Freud think kerf rip blade?) and everything just seemed to work.
-- Dylan Vanderhoof - General hobbiest and reluctant penmaker. http://llarian.etsy.com
a1Jim
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posted 69 days ago
thanks Dylan
good info Just basic math got the job done
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
MrsN
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posted 68 days ago
I really like the look of your board.
MrsN
spud72
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posted 67 days ago
Very nice work. I like it.
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Lisa Chan
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“You’re getting very sleeeeepy….. look into my board.”
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