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Next Generation Cheese boards...

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Make a start...

Today, as I make my way out to the workshop, ideas are flying around… having looked at the information on lamination design that Scott sent….wow… so many new thoughts are spinning through my head… I had an inkling as to how it was done… but now the technical part is explained…

So, to the shed…..rip, glue, crosscut, glue, crosscut at a different angle and glue again… then sand, sand, and sand some more…


These three boards were made using a design from WoodTurnerPro. [available for free download.]...Can't wait to see how this all works out….although I think I will stop at the second…. for the time being anyway…
NB… I did not make these boards… they are made by WoodTurnerPro… I use them as illustration only…
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The teaser...

From the last post you would have seen the teaser…
Here it is all glued up and marked for cutting into an oval… I also used a little turpentine to enhance the colour and grain…
I think the choice of Queensland Red Cedar [toona australis] certainly brings out the angularity of the design…
Nah, any fool can tell that Larry took the hide from a croc he wrestled with, and glued it to a piece of wood.

Nice try Larry, but we're smarter than that here at LJ's.

Since you are alive to tell the story, I assume you won the match. I assume the endeavor took considerable training, and prep with some of the by products of your beer cap projects….......

PS…..Do you drink the beer immediately after removing the cap, or do you cork it and keep it in that cute little refrigerator you got there at the factory….......or put it out as a treat for the roos?

PPS…......do crocs have bad breath?.......and if so, which are worse, the salties or the freshies?
The teaser...

From the last post you would have seen the teaser…
Here it is all glued up and marked for cutting into an oval… I also used a little turpentine to enhance the colour and grain…
I think the choice of Queensland Red Cedar [toona australis] certainly brings out the angularity of the design…
Too amazing for words!
The teaser...

From the last post you would have seen the teaser…
Here it is all glued up and marked for cutting into an oval… I also used a little turpentine to enhance the colour and grain…
I think the choice of Queensland Red Cedar [toona australis] certainly brings out the angularity of the design…
that has soooo much dimension… wow!
The teaser...

From the last post you would have seen the teaser…
Here it is all glued up and marked for cutting into an oval… I also used a little turpentine to enhance the colour and grain…
I think the choice of Queensland Red Cedar [toona australis] certainly brings out the angularity of the design…
the color just pops…
The teaser...

From the last post you would have seen the teaser…
Here it is all glued up and marked for cutting into an oval… I also used a little turpentine to enhance the colour and grain…
I think the choice of Queensland Red Cedar [toona australis] certainly brings out the angularity of the design…
Wow…another masterpiece. I bow again to the king of the cutting/cheese board. Love those geometric shapes….they leap out at you.

I am making a few cutting boards for gifts….but certainly not as special as yours are….I will be trying a tumbling blocks one though…by request….but I havn't had the courage to start it yet.

Keep up the good work….nothing like a bit of eye candy to inspire an attempt to make one of these….will have to get out the calculator and the mitre fence…
The teaser...

From the last post you would have seen the teaser…
Here it is all glued up and marked for cutting into an oval… I also used a little turpentine to enhance the colour and grain…
I think the choice of Queensland Red Cedar [toona australis] certainly brings out the angularity of the design…
Whoooo, Larry, you are getting complicated! What a dazzling piece.
The teaser...

From the last post you would have seen the teaser…
Here it is all glued up and marked for cutting into an oval… I also used a little turpentine to enhance the colour and grain…
I think the choice of Queensland Red Cedar [toona australis] certainly brings out the angularity of the design…
Wowzer. As always.
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MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
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MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
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You stole my idea!!!! :)
Im working on CNC version of that. im trying to do it with solid wood, 3 different colors.
what is the toleraqnce you are doing?

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MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
This is solid wood…. 10 mm thick…rosewood…
And I stole the idea from Instructables….LOL
The laser has very tight tolerances… not sure about the CNC… altho I do have one of those as well…
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
Leapin lizards they are everywhere!

Very clever

You would have to hold your tougue right to get them all together !!
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
I like this idea of mating pieces Larry and I have seen it used by some woodturners in the past who were turning some platters. Looks really cool. How well does the glue adhere to those toasted glue joints on each cutout?

I have been reading in Fine Woodworking and elsewhere that even smooth, but old surfaces should be resanded prior to gluing to get proper adhesion.
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
yea this is a very cool idea, but i have the same fear, the burned edges will not glue well that way, but maybe it will all work with the substrate…ill be interested in the outcome, what about doing figures that look like bears, now that would be to my liking…:)
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
Neat.
Very Escher. It will be interesting to see how this all comes out.
Great idea.

Steve
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
Very cool. Possibilities are endless.
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
WOW! A NO WASTE project!

Do you leave the Blackened Cut Lines or sand them? I'd lean to seeing them Black… :)

COOL design to get that to work so well!

With an 80W'er can you go deeper in multiple passes? With CNC, should be no problem… right?

COOL stuff!
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
Way cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jim
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
Really cool Larry - looking forward to seeing the finished one..
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
looks really cool, gluingto a backer board is def a smart idea.

so is this getting butcher block oiled or poly'd?
MC Escher tessellations...

Recently I was sent a link to Instructables.com…

They made an end grain tessellated chopping board… cut with a 400 W laser…

My laser is only 80 W so I cut some thinner timber…long grain Rosewood actually…







Each lizard fits into the adjacent one…







They are almost impossible to glue individually… so put them together dry… used masking tape on the back and smeared glue all over… scraped it across and into the joints…

More when it is finished… [at the moment it is in a vacuum bag being glued to a 10 mm ply substrate..
That's amazing!! I want one!!!
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