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I thought I should get around to posting some of my projects. This is a pastry board I designed and built for my wife to replace her grandmother’s which we lost in a house fire.
I constructed it from 5/4 Curly Maple that I picked up for a song on eBay. Each segment is 1” square and glued up with Gorilla glue. I started with the belt sander @ 120 grit then came the card scraper, then more scraping and more scraping, blistered thumbs. Then, Oh yeah, more scraping!!!! I finished it with General Finishes Salad Bowl Finish.
While I designed the Rolling Pin I did not turn it as I did not own a lathe at the time. I hired it out to a gentlemen I met at the local Woodcraft. As you can see he did a bang-up job. It started as a piece of 12/4×12/4 Curly Maple. I sanded and finished it. It receives weekly abuse, I mean use :)
By the way, did you notice that nice little black mark in the lower left corner? I learned my lesson with regards to letting your clamps rest on the workpiece during glue-up.
-- Chris
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DAN
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posted 273 days ago
beautiflu work. best looking curly maple project I seen in a very long time !
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Chris
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posted 273 days ago
Thanks Dan! I really appreciate that…
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cajunpen
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posted 272 days ago
Nice set – it came out well.
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Thos. Angle
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posted 272 days ago
Chris,
Now that’s Curly Maple!!! A great piece and I’ll bet a real Mama pleaser. I just thought the black mark was your signture. LOL
Tom
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Dadoo
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posted 272 days ago
KEWL!
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TomFran
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posted 272 days ago
Chris,
Nice board! Ought to be able to make lots of delicious food on that for decades to come.
Hey, if you ever get a black mark from your metal clamps, oxalic acid mixed with water will remove it completely.
I believe the last time I bought some, I got it from the pharmacy (CVS, etc.).
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
mot
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posted 270 days ago
Chris, really neat. The figure in the wood is really something!
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WayneC
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posted 270 days ago
Very nice. The pin goes with the board quite well.
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WoodWorkaholic
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posted 123 days ago
i love figured maple, you put it to great use.
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