| Project by Ken Malone | posted 109 days ago | 491 views | 0 times favorited | 12 comments |  |
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Alright! I have seen a lot of cutting boards on the site lately and they all seem to be inspired by The Wood Whisperer, Marc Spagnuolo. Well, so is mine.
When I realized that I was gonna go to at least 3 weddings this summer I had to come up with something practical for my friends and brother, but also on a budget. I have actually just started in woodworking and have been blessed with a friend who has a complete work shop. This is my first project so I thought I would follow the given steps, except when it came to the first gluing I put the pieces in the “wrong” order. I say “wrong” because as most of you know there is no such thing as a mistake in woodworking, just creativity.
This cutting board is made of Maple (which has to be my favorite wood due to the amazing grain and the fact that I’m Canadian) and Purpleheart. It measures roughly 12” X 16” and is 1.25” thick. I bought the maple rough cut 8/4 and was able to get a fairly reasonable piece, but the purpleheart was only available in HUGE lumber or in 2” blocks, so I glued 4 blocks together.
So here is the piece before the routing and finishing. There will be more to come, but different designs.
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12 comments so far
Woodhacker
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posted 109 days ago
Very nice Ken…it looks great! Nice pattern too.
-- Martin, Kansas
lew
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posted 109 days ago
Nothing “wrong” with this!!
Great Job!!
Lew
Nils
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posted 109 days ago
That maple end grain looks fantastic. I like your pattern, too. It’s got a nice symmetry, without being simplistic.
-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA
jockmike2
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posted 109 days ago
You’re right, no mistakes just creative changes. Great looking board.
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Betsy
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posted 109 days ago
Looking good so far.
No mistakes in woodworking, just variations.
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trifern
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posted 109 days ago
I really like the end grain. Thank you for sharing.
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Dusty56
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posted 109 days ago
I follow my own inspirations on my projects but some of the copies of the WW boards look pretty nice….I’ll have to get into the competition soon I guess…..welcome to LJs
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sandhill
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posted 109 days ago
Nice job
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snowdog
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posted 108 days ago
Great gift, looks good
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
Napaman
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posted 108 days ago
very nice!!! congrats on job well done…wood whisperer would be proud!!
-- Matt, Napa, CA...142 days to sanity...
Garyb6
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posted 108 days ago
Great job. I too plan to make some of these and give them as Christmas presents. Hope I do as well as you.
-- Garyb6, Hampton, VA
Karson
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posted 88 days ago
Nice cutting board.
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