Christmas 07 Cutting Boards

Very nice, cutting boards are on my list of things to do.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

These are beautiful boards. I am sure that they were well received. To tell the truth I would rather receive a hand made gift rather than a commercial one any time.

You did well with these boards.

Thanks for sharing.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Very nice! I Just finished my first two ever.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Really nice job. I’ve been wanting to make a cutting board with a 45-degree cut like you used on two of the boards but haven’t been able to figure out how to get it to work. Would you mind sharing the source for your plans?

welcome to lj’s

-- keeping myself entertained

these are really amazing!!! learning is fun…( I try to tell my students this and they dont believe me!).

-- Matt--Proud LJ since 2007

Exquisite detail and design. You did a beautiful job on them. Thanks for posting.

God bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Steve,

As far as I can remember the plans came from Woodworking, although I am unable to find the issue that it came out of (even though they are in a three ring binder and in order :-( ) If I run into it in the future I will try to send you the information. I also worked on a few plans for them using Excel and at some point in time will make one for us using that plan. One of the biggest goals for the board was to not have any glue lines that would intersect, if that makes perfect sense then great! If not I’ll try to explain better, I didn’t want any of the blocks or glue lines to resemble a + or checkerboard. I have a pdf template if anyone wants it that I would be happy to share.

Jolene

-- “There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper … and the buyers who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey.” John Ruskin

Nice job, those are difficult to make. The only person you have to please is the man in the mirror. mike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

Those are really nice…great job! The wood contrasts really draw your attention.

Thanks for posting them.

-- Martin, Kansas

Very nice work, I just finished my first 2 boards and found out very quickly that cutting the small blocks without the use of a bandsaw (have only a table and mitre saw) was very difficult not to mention dangerous due to the proximity of flesh to blade.

Love the contrasts in both color and design.

-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles

Doug,

We used a cross cut sled on the table saw and it eliminated some of the danger factor. We also left the boards that we laminated a little longer than what the plans called for so you weren’t cutting down to the very end to get enough for the board.

Hope that this helps for your next batch of cutting boards.

Jolene

-- “There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper … and the buyers who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey.” John Ruskin

Excellent work!

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