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After seeing the Cheese Slicer’s that SPalm and Mary Anne made and the Drunken Cutting Boards that poroskywood did. I just had to give it a try. These are going to make great Christmas Gifts for this year. I made 10 of them, two of each of the wavy designs and one each of the bow tie and Swiss cheese style. They are 5 7/8” wide by 9 3/4” long by 7/8” thick. I used a 5/32” down cut spiral router bit to make the slot for the slicing wire. I wanted it to have a flat bottom. I used poly urethane glue. As in SPalm’s boards it is at a 5 degree angle. I used a miter gauge with a fence and a 1/2” spacer against the fence to get the angle and then ran it through on the router table after I had drilled the hole for the rod. It worked out really well.
The first picture is of some of them completed, the 2nd & 3rd is while I was putting the finish on (I used salad bowl finish cut by 50%). The last three is of them completed. The woods used were walnut, cherry and maple in varying designs. I also put rubber bumpers on the bottom so they won’t slide on a counter top. Thanks for looking…..and thanks to the above LJ’s for the inspiration.
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
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SASmith
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#1 posted 910 days ago
Nice work. They all look great but pic #6 is my favorite…very drunken.
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
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#2 posted 910 days ago
BeeMan,
Thank you for the compliment, I like that one also. I made the strips thinner than on the others and then soaked them in water to get them to bend around the sharper curves.
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
BarbS
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#3 posted 910 days ago
Very well done, Max! Those are super boards, and will make great gifts.
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#4 posted 910 days ago
Thanks Barb, I appreciate the compliment.
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
TomFran
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#5 posted 910 days ago
Those look great, Max. Nice work!
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
darryl
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#6 posted 910 days ago
That swiss cheese board is awesome! love that design!
they all look great.
CreekWoodworker
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#7 posted 910 days ago
Great looking boards. I particularly like the drunken boards.
-- Mike ...Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction
Max
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#8 posted 910 days ago
Tom, I appreciate the kind words.
darryl, That design is one that SPalm had done on one of his boards.. I appreciate the compliment.
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
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#9 posted 909 days ago
Mike,
Those are one of my favorites also and pretty easy to make. Thanks
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Canadian Woodworks
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#10 posted 909 days ago
agree with all the rest, great looking boards, where did you get the slicers?
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jm82435
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#11 posted 909 days ago
Nice job Max. Those look super. I might have to make some drunken ones this year too.
-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...
SPalm
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#12 posted 909 days ago
Hey Max,
Nice job. That is a whole gaggle of boards. Looks great.
I need to get to work on some presents.
Steve
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Woodenwizard
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#13 posted 909 days ago
Hey Max! Super job!!! You have motivated me to get going and do something. I need to get some gifts going myself. Not a cheese slicer but I am definately going to put this in the to do list for next year. Thanks for sharing. Say hello to your lovely wife and Linda says Hi.
-- John, Colorado's (Wooden Wizard)
Max
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#14 posted 909 days ago
Paul, Thanks for the kind words. You can get the slicers at CheeseSlicing.com Part number PPR-101AB
jm82435, Thanks
SPalm, Thank you for the inspiration and the blog.
John, I appreciate the compliment and say hello to your lovely wife and Clair say’s hello back at ya….
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Scott R. Turner
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#15 posted 909 days ago
I think that Swiss Cheese slicer is darn clever!
And I like the walnut/cherry combo with maple strips. I just finished doing four boards with cherry strips and maple and walnut squares.
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