End-grain cutting board

I like the grain of the walnut and khaya (thanks for ID in the second pix!) It reminds me brush strokes, a nice artsy touch!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I just love the end grain cutting boards. You did an excellent job on you choice of woods and pattern, too.

-- Jesus is Lord!

I like this very much.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

Beautiful pattern!

Beautiful colors. That thing will last forever. Really like the woods. jockmike

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

Very nice. I wonder if anyone will actually use it as a cutting board, since it is so nice?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

That’s beautiful Mike. Did you finish sand it, run it through a planer, hand plane it? If you put it through a planer I’m wondering if you ran into any problems because of the end grain.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt!

Beautiful. What is the finished size?

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

You know you must be a lumberjock when you always want to know as much about how a project was done as how it looked when finished.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Yes Bill Were not asking what his selling points are, Everyone here is asking themselves how can “I” make that.

We all know that ares is going to be beautiful,

By the way yours is beautiful also and the wood has a nice contrast.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

First, thank you all for the compliments, makes me want to do more.

Second, I didn’t mention that I made this project to donate to a fundraising auction last night. It was paired with a bowl I turned from pecan. Together, the pieces secured $190. Btw, the auction was for a non-profit sanctuary for captive-born wild cats. These include bobcats, servals, linx, and cougars to name a few. You see, people get duped into thinking these wildcats can make good pets, but they soon find out they are not pets at all, but by this time the animals cannot be released into the wild as they were likely de-clawed and de-fanged, and the sanctuary provides a home for them to live out the rest of their lives. Here’s the link to their website in case you’re interested in finding out more:
“http://www.wildcathaven.org/”.

Lastly, per questions above, here’s some more information about the cutting board:
- the idea came from Wood magazine (Oct 2006 issue)
- I didn’t follow the dimensions exactly, but the final product measured ~ 17×12”
- the glue up was done in segments, and I was able to plane these segments without too much tear-out, though there was some. These segments were then glued together, but were now too wide to fit through the planer, so I used my Performax drum sander (this took a while). This was not enough and required sanding further through increasing grits with my orbital sander. Then I finished it with 4 coats of a 50/50 blend of General Finish Salad Bowl Finish & mineral spirits (as recommended by The Woodwhisperer podcast).

-- MikeB, Aurora, Oregon

Great job MikeB -

I think we were reading the same magazine.

More Cutting Boards

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Dang… he (Marc The Wood Whisperer) is great… Particularly his wife and the time she spends working through scripts and making the cue cards etc… and then editing it all. I bet it costs a lot of money in sacrificial time. I hope he ends up making a mint from his endeavors… they are super fun and well done… Like your board. What do you think you put into it in time and materials. It does look fantastic.

Drew

-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah

Fred, yup, same article! Your’s is cool! Wasn’t it fun to make? I picked up some more wood 7 days ago to start some more.

Drew,
Wow, not sure what I put into it time & materials-wise. I should probably start tracking that sort of thing. All I know is that I was under pressure from my wife to get it done for the auction. Don’t get me wrong, she’d say things like, “don’t worry about it, the bowls are enough”, but we’ve been married long enough for me to know better. :)
And I really enjoy The WoodWhisperer, they do a great job on the podcast.

-- MikeB, Aurora, Oregon

Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!

-- Ryan Corrigan Sadieville, KY http://www.CelticCrossWood.com