Maple and Purpleheart Cutting Board

Very nice, Bill! Love that contrast between the maple and purpleheart.

Where did you get that neat “brand” on there?

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

You are right Bill it is a beautiful contrast good luck selling more. Nice work. jockmike

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Any suggestions on where to get purple hart? I was thinking about using walnut, would there be any problem with that for cutting boards? I remember hearing that walnut and brass don’t get along at all, but I could not confirm that, not that I would use brass on a cutting board ( I was thinking about a boat at the time :)

Great Christmas project 118 days left

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

Great use of your wood. I have found that you have to make or develop a market when making new projects you want to sell. Very nice.

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My local Woodcraft has lots of purpleheart and it is not very expensive. I belive it was around $4 a board foot.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Ah! Purple Heart – I wonder how much I could get in my ski bag???

Lovely board bill – I just relised the first snow will be here in 8 weeks and Christmas is not long after that. I have also got to get busy making lots of small things in the next few weeks to show my customers so they can get there orders in.

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Very nice Bill, and the colors are perfect for the mood of Christmas.

A few of these for the next challenge would be perfect.

-- James - Geneva, Switzerland

Nice work, Bill. Great color combo!

Wayne, the words “my local Woodcraft” make me angry, ‘cause MY “local” Woodcraft is 3 hours away. lol

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Beautiful cutting board Bill – love the contrast.

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

Jingle bells, jingle bells, pretty Christmasy Bill. I’d never thought of using purple heart. I suppose they do it all over but, around here they use purple heart to deck lowboys. It looks a lot better on Bill’a cutting boards.

-- Thos. Angle

Ouch. I think I have 4 woodcraft stores within 3 hours and a Rockler store.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Great cutting board bill. Love the color contrast.

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Tom, Woodcraft used to sell this branding irons if I recall correctly.

Don’t complain Charlie, “my local Woodcraft” is around 5.000 miles away, a tad over your mere three hours I’d say… ;o)

Of course Bill, nice project, as always. I love the constrasting woods and the simplicity of it. I’ve never been a fan of checkered cutting boards myself so your’s is a refreshing change. By the way, if you struggle with the perspective of your pictures just take them with a slightly wider-angle lense -leaving a background frame all around- and sent them to me. I’ll fix them for you in a snap.

Back to my breakfast now (I guess you’re a LJ when… you check your new LJ messages AND you comment on them during your breakfast).

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The Purple heart looks amazing. I have never used it before, is it nice to work with? The cutting board came out really nice Bill.

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Beautiful board, Bill! Have to put on my burgeoning round-to-it list.

Snodog asked about walnut. Anybody know if this could cause allergic reaction in nut sensitive folks? I think I recall The Wood Whisperer saying that Walnut Oil for the board wasn’t a good thing but I don’t know if walnut is a good choice for the board itself.

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Thanks all. The board did come out nice.

I bought the branding iron last year from Rockler. It is an electric one that you plug in, wait some time, and then can brand you projects. I use it on each of my projects.

Wayne, that is a good price for Purpleheart if true. I get my at Aura (a hardwood dealer) and it runs between $5-6 a bd ft. They usually only have a piece or two there. Right now I still have about 1/2 of the board I bought a few months ago. Each time I go there, I check to see if they have any in stock. It can be a hit or miss thing.

Doug, I heard that Walnut is not good, because of the possible allergic reactions. Funny, but I do not recall reading anything like that about pine, but that would be too soft for a cutting board. I do not know how Walnut would hold up the the chopping. As a test, I took a piece of scrap purple heart and a piece of maple. I hit them pretty hard with a metal putty knife to see the dents it would make. The woods had about the same results, so I felt it would be ok to use. Besides, who doesn’t love that Purpleheart wood. Such a great color.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

somewhere I read recently that “walnut oil” is safe… why it is safe and the wood is not .. I don’t understand

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

Beautiful cutting boards Bill!

-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net

You have done it once again Bill.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Great project Bill. Nice color combination. Would make a terrific christmas gift.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever