Cutting Boards for Mothers Day.

Great boards…I just finished my first
Love your designs

-- KOOG plan today...survive tommorow

Watch out once you start its hard to stop.

-- Zach @ http://www.zlsboardworks.com

The 3D effects on the second board are really nice : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Did you make allowance for wood movement in that long cross-grained joint?

-- Wes Giesbrecht http://www.wesgiesbrecht.com/index.htm

Wes giesbrecht your probably talking about the one with the purple heart. I
ts a very small board shouldn’t be a problem

-- Zach @ http://www.zlsboardworks.com

Well, any cross-grain joint over 4” that doesn’t allow for wood movement is going to fail
unless you live where the weather is bone dry year round and never get it damp.
You can glue it with epoxy, put screws thru it, wrap it with an iron band and varnish it but
if the relative humidity changes significantly,
it will still move.

-- Wes Giesbrecht http://www.wesgiesbrecht.com/index.htm

Good to know. I’m in San Diego, might not have a prob, but I will definitely keep it in mind as this is the first time I have done this. I had a small piece of purple heart I didn’t want to go to waste. Hopefully it holds up.

-- Zach @ http://www.zlsboardworks.com

These are really cool, I love the tree you routed out adds a lot to that one, the one in the 2nd pic is fabulous, nice work.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Nice looking boards tree design is very interesting .Was it hard to do.

Robdem

Not hard at all. I used a round nose router bit and drew it freehand. I did the well on the bottom and then made the tree

-- Zach @ http://www.zlsboardworks.com