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Mesquite cutting board

Project by BlueStingrayBoots posted 521 days ago 442 views 0 times favorited 11 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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Velvet mesquite 18” x 21” x 2”.

From log, to mill, bandsaw, router, then belt sander, wire brush, palm sander.

This cutting board had a crevasse or a crack which is very common in most mesquite wood. I put in a ebony inlay and it work okay. I also glued some pegs, inserted in forsntner drilled hole. The top has mineral oil for sealer the rest has polyurethane. Not the prettiest board but its what the customer wanted.
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teenagewoodworker

2481 posts in 662 days


posted 521 days ago

wow great idea! thanks for the post

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Kipster

1072 posts in 647 days


posted 521 days ago

Beautiful piece of wood. A great use for such a unique wood.

Thanks for sharing.

-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison

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Roper

766 posts in 607 days


posted 521 days ago

that is really cool, it is the first natural edge cutting board i have seen.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

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jockmike2

7302 posts in 1141 days


posted 521 days ago

Anonther unique project. Quite beautiful. Original idea.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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trifern

7894 posts in 661 days


posted 521 days ago

Nice looking crotch.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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BlueStingrayBoots

465 posts in 896 days


posted 520 days ago

Thanks ya’ll! Mike, kinda hard for me to think of a project and picture it finished without actually seeing the wood involved, so I take my que from the wood first, beautiful and unique are the benefits. I knew I was going to cross cut this 4 limb crotch when I found it, 6 months later a project is born.

The crotch trunk is all but a memory now, but it produced a servant to help provide the human brain with nourishment.( wow…poem)lol

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TreeBones

1557 posts in 917 days


posted 520 days ago

Nice. I get a lot of people ask what I do with pieces like this. I tell them they are so pretty I just like to put a finish on and just look at them.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

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BlueStingrayBoots

465 posts in 896 days


posted 466 days ago

Yea Treebones, and chop meat on um.

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BlueStingrayBoots

465 posts in 896 days


posted 226 days ago

I finished that piece just about a week before Dolly barreled through. Hmmm. Well, it sold and I’m gonna miss it!

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mmh

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posted 116 days ago

Gee, the grain would mesmerize me while I’m cutting and may cause me to cut myself not paying attention to my chore! You need to add a “caution” sign for this!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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a1Jim

16769 posts in 471 days


posted 114 days ago

Totally unique

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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