Cutting Board from the WoodWhisperer.com

nice work. what kind of wood ? interesting colors !

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Nice work!

All the fancy cutting boards lately…...guess I’m gonna have to get with the program.

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

The wood is purpleheart and hard maple.. It is a bit hard to see the purpleheart because the photo was taken with my camera phone. I gave the project away before I could take a good picture of it. I guess I will have to make another one.
Thanks

-- -Alex, St Charles, MO - "Measure twice, cut once, and go back to the lumber yard because you still screwed up."

Great cutting board.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

I like the pattern a lot.

Do you have a jointer or planer? If not, how tight are the joints?

I have a joiner and planer..so the joints are pretty good

-- -Alex, St Charles, MO - "Measure twice, cut once, and go back to the lumber yard because you still screwed up."

Rats… I was hoping there was a chance I could make one.

Looks great!

nice job. These boards are great. ive made a bunch for people and no one uses them (except me). they all have them on display.

MARKRULES, you dont need a jointer to make one. A planer helps alot.

I was going to say that I would not be surprised it you friends were not using it. Most people treat these custom boards and artwork.

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

I liked that design so much that I am building one myself. I hope mine turns out that good. I plan putting it in an auction for my daughters school. What are some options for finish?

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Chris
I used General’s salad bowl finish which is basically a wipe on varnish. I did not dilute it with mineral spirits but used it right out of the can. I gave it three coats and then sanded the last coat with 0000 steel wool.

-- -Alex, St Charles, MO - "Measure twice, cut once, and go back to the lumber yard because you still screwed up."

Ah I see that you have a jointer and a planer… When I started my Spaguolo cutting board i had yet to buy those tools and you can see the problems that it caused me. I’ll have to try another one now that I have added toys to my shop/garage. (I really wish I could just call it a shop.)

-- Total Freakin Newbie

I made for my wife using the same Wood Whisperer video. Don’t hold your breath. My wife won’t cut any thing on hers either. Says it’s too pretty. I guess I will make her an UGLY one so she will cut on it.

-- Makin' Sawdust!!!

I find it to be true of most of my customers buying a piece of “counter top furniture” and never cutting on them . I always tell them to just pick the side that they like the best and then do their cutting on the other side….this is an awesome board . Where can I find this video that everyone is talking about to make one of these ? Thank you : )

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

Here are the web pages for the cutting board project on the woodwhisperer
Episode one
Episode two
Hope that helps Dusty

-- -Alex, St Charles, MO - "Measure twice, cut once, and go back to the lumber yard because you still screwed up."