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I finally did it. I made a cutting ….. errrr…. charcuterie board.
My daughters have been disparaging the cutting board we use to put the miscellaneous meats and cheeses on when we have a get together for holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas. Every time a holiday comes around I'm reminded that I haven't made a proper charcuterie board, until now.
It should come as no surprise that it is a prairie style mosaic (FLW), made up of various bits of exotic woods as well as domestic woods like cherry, oak, maple, and walnut. The mosaic is 1/2" thick with a 5/8" cherry back. The mosaic border is local walnut with a double beveled edge (thanks for the inspiration SplinterGroup). I added a spline to attach the border to the mosaic panel.
Rather than mitering the corners, I shamelessly "borrowed" from Splinter again and made corner blocks. The spline that holds the border and mosaic panel together also passes through the corner blocks which made the glue up much easier since the spline indexed the border and corner blocks to the top and made sure nothing slipped out of place during the glue up.
I used Howard Butcher Block Conditioner (3-4 coats) and 1000 grit Mirka sand paper on the ROS to get a nice sheen that should be fairly durable. It should be ready to use for Christmas.
My daughters have been disparaging the cutting board we use to put the miscellaneous meats and cheeses on when we have a get together for holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas. Every time a holiday comes around I'm reminded that I haven't made a proper charcuterie board, until now.
It should come as no surprise that it is a prairie style mosaic (FLW), made up of various bits of exotic woods as well as domestic woods like cherry, oak, maple, and walnut. The mosaic is 1/2" thick with a 5/8" cherry back. The mosaic border is local walnut with a double beveled edge (thanks for the inspiration SplinterGroup). I added a spline to attach the border to the mosaic panel.
Rather than mitering the corners, I shamelessly "borrowed" from Splinter again and made corner blocks. The spline that holds the border and mosaic panel together also passes through the corner blocks which made the glue up much easier since the spline indexed the border and corner blocks to the top and made sure nothing slipped out of place during the glue up.
I used Howard Butcher Block Conditioner (3-4 coats) and 1000 grit Mirka sand paper on the ROS to get a nice sheen that should be fairly durable. It should be ready to use for Christmas.
