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Made this cuttingBlock for a client.
It took 3 boards, 4 feet long pieces of Walnut, Maple and Cherry.
I gave her a link to all the lumberjocks cuttingboards to see what sort of pattern she would like.
With help of Degoose his tutorial managed to build it.
Measurements are 17.7in length x 12.4in width x 3.9in high
Finished with 1 coat of Tungoil.

Some construction pictures;







Thanks for watching!

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Absolutely Stunning! Great Project! Thanks for sharing and posting in such killer detail….
 

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That is fantastic. Excellent choice of woods, great precision on your cuts and the depth is wildly impressive.
 

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Damn. That is one gorgeous board. I can't even imagine what the glue-up procedure on something like that would be, even with the pictures. Seems to me like it would slide all over the place.
 

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Thanks alot! I have to say Mad, this is only part of the story :) Glueing the 3 parts together went pretty smooth. I glued the sides not too thick but just enough, then put 3 bandaids 3 times wrapped around the segments.
If parts where uneven here, i could still press them against the flat board i was working on trying to even them.
Putting the segments together was alot harder, parts where sliding, even when i forced them back down a couple of times. Also had some gaps. But after planing and sanding, and filling gaps up and pushing extra glue in i think it worked out :).
 

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Great work, these are fun to make. Yrs ago when I first joined here Degoose helped me with this very same project. Always liked these.
 

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I have to imagine that you could take a lot of the pain out of it with a bunch of half-cut pieces set down on a piece of ply to use as a gluing base.

Hmm…

Once I'm working again I'm going to give this a shot.
 

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Almost 4" high! I bet the thing weighs enough to not move around while using. Nicely done.
 

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Nice, the layout resembes the old Q*bert game
 

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awesome, really really cool
 

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Fabulous finish…. I knew you would finally get it…
 

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what an eye catcher. I will have to try making one someday.
-don
 

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Hello TAg84

A very nice piece

I'm impressive with the depth of the piece

Thanks for sharing
 

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Way cool Thomas great job and thumbs up on Larry's help.
 

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Yikes! That is one thick tumbling block board. I hope the customer paid you well for that, since the man-hours involved in the glue-up appear to be high.
 

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Very nice workmanship.
Having built several of this kind of board, I can appreciate the work involved.
You did well.

Steve
 

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I just got done making a board like this for my church's auction; used the same woods. too. Mine was only about one inch thick, not almost 4 like yours. I like how you cut the beveled pieces down to 4 inches long and then glued them up. Might be easier to glue up short pieces than to glue up the three foot long pieces I used. Might have to try your way next time. Somebody also mentioned Q*bert when I showed them mine.
 

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Very, very cool! Were clamps involved in the glue up? I'm not sure I could figure how to position them.
 
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