| Project by Jeremymcon | posted 08-07-2018 08:11 PM | 1531 views | 1 time favorited | 13 comments |  |
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My scraps are starting to build up, and I hate throwing all that wood out, so I put this end grain cutting board together from all cherry, maple, walnut, and mahogany scraps I could salvage. I even managed to use some really short scraps, as short as 3”,by running them through my planer glued to a longer scrap.
I leveled the board with my planer also – glued a piece of scrap to the back of it, and took very light passes. My planer takes 1/16th off per turn of the handle, and I probably turned the handle about 16 times to make one full turn. Very light passes. Worked great, with no chipout to anything but the backer board, which I removed after planing.
Sanded to 1000 grit, then wet the board and knocked back the raised grain until it stayed smooth – took 4 cycles of wetting and sanding.
I also don’t have a table saw – just a bandsaw – which made this a bit more challenging. I ended up using my shooting board and a plane to square up some edges where I needed to splice together shorter pieces.
Finished with mineral oil, followed by mineral oil and beeswax blend as a top coat.
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Andre
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#1 posted 08-07-2018 08:32 PM
Just one question, was that pattern deliberate?
-- Lifting one end of the plank.
ralbuck
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#2 posted 08-07-2018 08:46 PM
Very pretty. I really like the undercut look too.
Also a great “rescue” too.
-- Wood rescue is good for the environment and me! just rjR
Jeremymcon
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#3 posted 08-07-2018 08:52 PM
Not at all. I sort of arranged them in a pleasantly random pattern, with sort of an even distribution of colors, but that was it.
Jeremymcon
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#4 posted 08-07-2018 08:53 PM
Thanks! I wasn’t sure how else to make it easy to pick up without carving hand holds into it somehow.
therealSteveN
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#5 posted 08-07-2018 09:57 PM
Nice board, and no wasted scraps, good job.
I assumed TS or router table with a big honkin router to spin a bit large enough to do that chamfer. Cut on the BS with the table tilted?
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Jeremymcon
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#6 posted 08-07-2018 10:57 PM
Yup! Bandsaw with a tilted table. Then cleaned it with a plane and a sander. I couldn’t get the bevel quite perfect enough to leave a nice crisp facet, which is why the line is a bit soft. Rounded it over with the sander.
BurlyBob
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#7 posted 08-07-2018 11:42 PM
A really delightful and awesome looking cutting board. Very well executed.
oldrivers
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#8 posted 08-08-2018 12:38 AM
Very Nice board. Excellent use of wood scraps.
-- Soli Deo gloria!
John
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#9 posted 08-08-2018 05:42 AM
Nice job Jeremy, I will try the wetting and sanding on my next set of boards.
-- John, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada.
Ivan
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#10 posted 08-08-2018 05:52 AM
Nice shape and especialy that edge curve.
-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted
Jeremymcon
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#11 posted 08-08-2018 11:55 AM
I recommend it! Definitely seems to work. I also do that if I sand spoons that I carve. If I leave a knife finish there isn’t any fuzziness. Same is true for hand planed surfaces – they don’t fuzz up when you wet them.
McaroJCC
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#12 posted 08-08-2018 04:29 PM
I really like the downward bevel on the edges. Nice job.
BTW, what is the final thickness? Looks beefy.
-- MCaro, St. Charles, MO
Jeremymcon
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#13 posted 08-08-2018 05:10 PM
Yea, it’s a little on the thick side! Lol
Final thickness is 1 7/8”. Plus it had rubber feet on the bottom making it another 1/4” taller.
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