| Project by MrSamNC | posted 156 days ago | 1272 views | 1 time favorited | 10 comments |  |
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A few weeks ago I drove to the nearest woodworking shop (25 miles away). As I pulled up, I noticed a box of wood near the road with “Free Wood” written on it! Being new to the serious-hobbyist woodworking scene, I jumped on the box of mixed hardwoods and loaded up a mix of 1×2 boards roughly 6’ long as well as two slabs (both 3+ feet in length and around 10” wide) of unknown species.
With Christmas coming up soon, I had the (unoriginal) idea to build my first end grain cutting board. The photos should be fairly self-explanatory for the process I took. Cut, glue, cut, glue, plane, sand, finish. I used Watco Butcher Block finish and the photos are of the first coat (drying now).
-Sam
-- -Sam
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bampy
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#1 posted 156 days ago
awesome job, someones gonna love it
a1Jim
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#2 posted 156 days ago
you win,free wood cool board
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#3 posted 156 days ago
Nice photo’s and a great outcome…....................
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joein10asee
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#4 posted 156 days ago
Free wood! SCORE!
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degoose
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#5 posted 155 days ago
Too late… you have already started your slide down the slippery path… and not a bad first effort at all…Keep up the good work and play safe
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#6 posted 155 days ago
Free wood , great board = AWSOME
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#7 posted 155 days ago
Looks very good ! Free wood is a plus.
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#8 posted 155 days ago
Good work. You know they’re addictive, don’t you?
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MrSamNC
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#9 posted 155 days ago
Thank you all for the encouraging words! This was an easy but rewarding project.
-- -Sam
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#10 posted 155 days ago
That’s a WINNER!
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