Cutting Board

Very nice, I like the contrast.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

Nice. Cutting boards are on my list of projects to make, the more I see the sooner I’ll get started.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Great looking cutting board John. Nice design and the wood is great.

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

Nice board, How did you router in the groove around the edges? Did you use a jig of sorts?

-- Al Holstein

Great looking board. Nice job.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Very nice! I keep saying I’m going to do one of these….

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

Nice looking cutting board – you friend should be plaesed.

GEAUX TIGERS -

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

I am wondering the same thing Al asked. How did you tackle the groove? Straight-edge guide or framing jig? I tried a groove on an end-grain cutting board and won’t try that again. The end-grain doesn’t play nice. Nice job.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Cool, a racing stripe!

-- Maplewood, MN

Thanks to all for the compliments.

Al and Jeff – For the groove, I used a piece of scrap wood a little higher than the thickness of the board, as a makeshift fence to guide the router base. I used spacers the same thickness as the board to control the distance from the fence. The distance was the same for 3 of the sides – I just had to adjust it on the side where the handle is. I moved the router from left to right – no stops, just used pencil to mark the stop points, and did it by eye. I had to rotate the board and repeat the process for each side.

I’ve seen people use templates to accomplish the same thing, and I’m probably going to take the time to make for the next cutting board(s).

-- John

beautiful piece. the grain stripes are really cool. very well balanced

-- ..... art for lifes sake

very nice cuttingboard. i like the use of the different woods. great job.

John,

I don’t know how I missed this one when it was originally posted but I am glad it came back up on my list. This is a nice cutting board. The wood selection creates nice contrasts and work well together. Maple and cherry are my favorite combination but the purple heart adds some nice visual interest to the board.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

this is certainly a beautiful board…..very nice handle as well….I have had a few requests for paddle style handles and also just a hole to hang the board from but nothing this fancy yet…Great job…what have you used for finish on it ?

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

Thanks Dusty. I used a finish of mineral oil and beeswax.

-- John