Those came out really nice Tom!! Well played! Probably gonna be my next one. Might hit you up with starting material requirements
What did you do in your shop today?
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Wonder if it would help next time to use scrap wood instead of the walnut by the clamp edges, and then use scrap on the open sides, screwing them into the other edges. Then you could use wedges on the none clamped edges to adjust the rows.
I wonder if a small amount of fine sand sprinkled with a salt shaker onto the applied wet glue would work? I've never thought about that. But, in my experience, glue-ups always need some leveling after they dry so I don't try to get them perfectly aligned. Just allow for the final planing and sanding required.
Something like that might work Mark, but it would take a lot fiddling around to get things aligned. The left and right edges will likely never align straight. Many of the adjustments are playing card thick or less.
Larry, this is something some further research suggested. Two other suggestions to provide "traction" were pumice and parakeet grit, essentially the sand idea.
That works fine with a generic cutting board but ones that has specific patterns to align, any movement left to right will skew the pattern and break the 3D effect as the zigzag one Tom posted
No problemo.
That's why I only do generic these days. It would drive me crazy doing what you and Tom are doing. I'd rather just supply the lumber and watch you guys do the work.
These just have water on em. I’ve already wet them sanded back the grain once, but I’ve found that after a few days the glue joint raise and need to be sanded again. Don’t know why they do that or if it is just something with Titebond III. Anyway that needs to happen before putting mineral oil on. You can sand them after but don’t plan on using the sandpaper again.
I hear that all the time from potential buyers. I always tell them they are made to use. End grain = last for ever.
Those just came out swell. Makes me dizzy looking at them on that background!!
Great work!
And thanks for showing progress pictures. I did a couple of "patterned" cutting boars a couple of years ago (face grain), but nothing nearly as complicated as the ones you guys are doing. Swore off doing (trying) more of them, but I sure enjoy seeing them built.
And thanks for showing progress pictures. I did a couple of "patterned" cutting boars a couple of years ago (face grain), but nothing nearly as complicated as the ones you guys are doing. Swore off doing (trying) more of them, but I sure enjoy seeing them built.
Amazing functional art. Are you selling these in the future?
Tim, thanks. No question this one challenged me. When I first read through the instructions I almost didn’t do it, but I’m glad I did. Learned a lot.
These are going to be gifts, Larry, but yes I do sell them, primarily on my Etsy site (Turned Trees). I just participated in a virtual craft fair and sold most of the cutting boards. Gotta put the inventory back together for the holidays.
Virtual craft fair; now that is new to me. Sounds like a great idea given what has been going on!!!!
Yeah, gotta admit I was skeptical. It's an event with a 75 year history. A lot of work to prepare with pictures of every item and a spreadsheet from H..l describing size, color, category, yadda. Until things started I still did not understand how it was going to work, but it did. The one thing that would make it better is shipping. Sold items had to be picked up meaning the audience was essentially local and had to be willing to drive. I sold much more than I expected, maybe because there were far fewer vendors than normal.
Rough cut lumber for the next experiment.
Ready to cut panels.
I really needed that one more clamp. Great excuse....off to Woodcraft!
When I do mine Tom, I rub the pieces together before I clamp it up, seems to help with the slipping. Beautiful job!
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