More Cutting Boards

Dennis those are beautiful. Great Job!

I saw the wood magazine design when it first came out…”you’ve done them proud”.

Thanks for posting.

-- Martin, Kansas

Good looking cutting boards! I would like to know what the cutout is for? Thanks for posting these fine boards.

Rick

-- Rick

The cutout is a hand hold. These boards weigh about 6 pounds and even though the rubber feet raise them up slightly, the hand hold makes it easy to get a good grip on it when moving it around.

-- I don't make mistakes, only design changes....www.dgmwoodworks.com

No words to describe the cutting boards you have made.
Sharad

-- patanjali

These are very nice. Glad the jump from corporate desk jockey to Lumberjock was successful for you. Curious about how you sell these? Through stores, ebay? Word of mouth? How much time involved in each one?
Very clever designs.

-- Bob A in NJ

It acually takes about two days to get to a finished board, but hands on time is only about two hours because most of the process involves waiting on glue to dry. The rest of the working time is sanding. I use a drum sander, flap sander, ROS, etc to speed up the process. It’s not cost effective to make one at a time if you are selling them. I usually do ten at a time and can crank out about 20 a week, more if they are the smaller boards.

I have sold some on Etsy, but mostly at fine craft shows and word of mouth through friends. I sold a lot around June to people buying them for wedding gifts. I don’t do stores, because wholesale requires you to sell at 50% off list. It doesn’t make sense to me. I just started this year, so I am anxious to see what happens leading up to Christmas.

-- I don't make mistakes, only design changes....www.dgmwoodworks.com

I can see why they are good sellers closetguy. Great job.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

These are really beautiful boards : )
Can you tell me at what thickness does a cutting board become a chopping block ? I have always made my “boards” 5/4 inch or less thick , and sold my thicker stuff as “blocks”. Seeing as you’ve been to many shows , have you noticed anything like this ? Also , I finish all of my items with Mineral oil …does the Beeswax make a big difference , because it is quite expensive around here ?.....Thank you : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Most of my boards are 1.5” thick. A few are 1.25”, and I have some all maple at 2” thick. Board, chopping block, they are all the same thing as far as I’m concerned. It just depends on what you want call them.

-- I don't make mistakes, only design changes....www.dgmwoodworks.com

The boards are nice and I’m glad to see someone else who dropped out of the corporate world to what I call a more satisfying and less stressful world. I am near LaGrange and have not seen any of your type of boards at the local craft shows. Have you tried the Gay GA show?

-- Fred, Georgia

No, I haven’t. By the time I was ready to start doing shows this year, I had missed their deadline.

-- I don't make mistakes, only design changes....www.dgmwoodworks.com