Zig Zag Cutting Board - end grain up

Why did you leave the burn marks?

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These are very nice…well done.

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Very cool patterns and I love the wood combos. Well done!

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Maybe $200 for one, they are too nice to sell cheap. Merry Christmas

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These are nice, I think $100 sounds about right. I’d make these all day for that. I like the ideas on the wide zags. Thanks for posting. Bob

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Thanks all!

eZ—please share? How do I get rid of the burn marks in the juice groove? I tried sanding, but it would have taken forever. Is there a better way?

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Nice pattern. Looks complicated but easy to glue up and it makes use of that end piece with the one side beveled and the other squared. I never know what to do with that “expensive” piece of scrap.
Most burn marks can be avoided by making two or more progressively deeper cuts with a final clean up cut. Some wood like Cherry will burn just looking at it to hard (-;

Another thing I like to do is route come finger grooves in the ends so it is easier to pick up.

Les

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Very nice and original pattern

A very good work

Congratulations

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They are a “step” up from some boards I have made.

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Those are some of the nicest I have seen.

Great wood combo.

Re the burn marks. I can see how you cut them using a guide on the router? I did the same thing and got burn marks that were the devil to remove. And yes I posted pictures. And yes people asked me why I didn’t remove them. :) Now I make a template and use a guide bushing making the last pass very light. It leaves a very smooth, burn free, channel.

I know that doesn’t help with your question on how to remove them. There’s no room in the corners to sand. You might try shaving them out with a half round chisel. I usually think of this kind of thing as penance which I do a lot of.

The boards look great and I wouldn’t kick them out of the kitchen.

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I routed the grooves about three times… first pass was really bad and had to go to a larger bit to cover the mistake. Then burned on the second pass and went a little deeper on the third… and burned again! I wasn’t confident and was letting the bit stay too long at the ends.

I finally got it right on the second board on a router table with a stop at the end. An even better way is to have stop blocks at both ends of the fence, equidistant from the center of the bit. That should be fool proof… will try it out next time.

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My cabinet maker friend shared with me how to remove the burn marks from the router.
If you have a chuck with a handle, chuck up the router bit you used to cut the groove.
Simply use the bit as a scraper were you have burn marks.
Works like a champ !

Lisa

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Do like the dustbunny said. It works fine for the light toast but on the real burners use a diamond ball. Just take it EZ and don’t dig deep. Keep the ball moving and you will get a feel for it. They don’t dig fast. After you get the burn out feather it all in. Also feather out any over cuts you have when they are not to bad. I use the cordless pistol grip Dremel Styllis to spin mine. Has a nice feel.
I worked to get a feel for the router table and just use lines on the fence for stops. Never burn anymore or over cut. Just a little toast now and then that can be scraped. I wouldn’t use the bit for a scraper in your situation for it is EZ enough to make one. Use the bunny solution for a more complex cut. Besides you might of burnt to deep for a scraper.

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Man, a lot of feels in that last post.
You gotta be the router, feel the router, one with the router.
Guides, Guides, We don’t need no stinking guides.

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