I am a Cutting Board Aholic

Thanks John,
Admitting that you have a skill and enjoy being productive is the first step to recovery. With a little help we can break you of this affliction and you too will be able to enjoy sitting on a couch for hours aimlessly watching TV while your brain melts just like most other people.
Good luck with your battle.

-- Directions are just the Manufacturer's opinion on how something should be assembled. ----Mike, Waukesha, WI

6 Weeks and you made 30 cutting boards. Oh man you’ve got it bad. Good luck with you’re recovery. :)

-- - Martin

6 weeks? You are a machine! Congratulations on your new endeavor; I’ll bet it will be very rewarding. Nice boards!

-- http://barbsid.blogspot.com/

You must have lived in your shop for the last six weeks. 30 boards in 6 weeks….awesome. Thanks for sharing.

-- Doug

Great boards, thats some serious work for 6 weeks, good luck with the future sales

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

I use a credit card reader from SquareUp.com when selling photos at our booth at softball/baseball tournaments. Having the ability to take credit cards on site really help boost sales. Just sayin’ :-)

I think you might need one also!

BTW, those boards look great.

What a great feeling. You do nice work!

-- If you can dream it, I can do it!

John,

You are a sawdust machine and must be working very efficiently to be so productive. Get a good tax person and keep track of ALL your expenses and income. You are going to want to buy a wide belt sander soon and that means a cyclone dust collector and good compressor too. Your stuff will sell because it is good work and you are making useful objects, but it is just the start.

-- Big Al in IN

Nice work John. I was wondering if you would share the price range you are asking for your boards in your neck of the woods.

-- Hawaiilad Larry

Hi John great stuff. If this is just a hobby brilliant it is starting to pay for it self magic if for a living just brilliant.
Keep up the good work and I wish you all the sucess you deserve. Regards Tamboti ps the boards look great.

-- Africa is not for sissies

Thanks for your comments and suggestions. Since this was my first venture into selling my items, I did not accept credit cards. I have seen the SquareUp and will likely consider it if I keep doing this. I only lost one sell last weekend by not taking a credit card. As for my pricing, even the people buying my boards said I was under priced. I think I am under priced also but I feel the price is fair to me and the consumer. I start with a base price of $60 per square foot for any cutting board. That is my base and then I add to that based depending on the design and I also consider the quality, type, and figure of the wood. Pretty simple math to come up with a price. Multiply the length X the width in inches, divide it by 144 and then multipy it by $60. I then add five to ten bucks if I feel the board has greater quality. Most my boards were priced and sold around $70 to $75. Other items are priced on what I view as artistic value. The small cross on the right side of the picture was priced and sold for $150. Not sure my method is right or wrong but it worked for me. The comsumer got a good board at a fair price and I felt good about what I had made and sold. I am interested to see what others are doing when it comes to pricing. It seems very rare on this site that people will share information about what they sell an item for.

WOW ! I just joined and saw those awesome boards. I need to build a shop

-- LFD3908

How do you get your endgrain boards smooth? I have been making lots of long-grain boards because I can run them through the planer. Any suggestions?

-- Andrew - Albany. NY

i know this is a hot topic but you can run end grain thru your planer. Make sure you take very small bites and understand it will wear your blades in no time. I stopped doing it because of the blades. I am fortunate enough to have a Grizzly 16” drum sander that i picked up on Craig’s List for $300.

Great looking work and you are fair with the price. Many people will say it is low, but in these hard times I know many people are grateful for folks like you.