3 More Cutting Boards for the Year

[GoingMyWay]

In trying to keep my promise [http://festoolownersgroup.com/general-friendly-chat/woodworking-and-dyi-goals-for-2019/msg566230/#msg566230] for 2019 I successfully made 3 more cutting boards.  I had hoped to make 1 or 2 more, but unfortunately it doesn't look like I'm going to make it before the end of the year.

I had made 2 of the glue ups toward the end of 2018.  I basically took all the scraps and just glued them up as best as I could.  I again had to apply excess clamping pressure to try to close the gaps as best as possible.  That resulted in a bowed glue up and I tried to flatten as best as I could by just sanding with the Rotex.

I started cutting up my glue ups.  This time around I was using the waste side of the cut for the keeper piece.  I just accounted for the blade kerf and used a combination square to reset the cut each time.

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My Woodriver 5 1/2 made quick work of flattening up the sides of each cut strip.

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I'm also so stupid!  I didn't realize that the first strip needed to be a different type of wood from the last strip - after I cut the the walnut/maple glue up I tried flipping each strip around to alternate the pattern only to realize it's a mirror image of one another!!  It took me to this point to realize it.  I felt so dumb even trying a few more times to flip them around as if that's going to make a difference.

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Rather than screwing actual feet in, I'm trying out these removal feet called Chobs on one of the boards.  This will allow both sides of the board to be used.

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[Mario Turcot]

Very nice  [cool]
I like that last one  [big grin]

 

[Cheese]

They came out nice... [big grin]

I really like the asymmetrical look of the one with the Purple Heart.  It kind of grabs your attention and forces you to stare at it because it IS and it ISN'T both at the same time.  [cool]

 

[GoingMyWay]

Thanks everyone.  I am also really happy how the purpleheart cutting board came out, especially considering I was just randomly intermixing the strips on the main glue up.  I wouldn't mind making another one like that, but maybe it's best as "one of a kind."

I had made 2 other glue ups that I planned to use to make a random "chaotic" style end grain cutting board, but I realized that I actually need at least 1 more glue up (maybe even more) to make it random enough.

 

[Jiggy Joiner]

They’re too nice to put cut marks on. Very nice indeed.

 

[Sparktrician]

Sweet job!!!  [smile]

 

[RJNeal]

Nice looking boards.
I miss making boards. Since I pretty much packed up my shop two years ago and stuff it in a 20’ container.
Rick