Walnut cutting boards! **PICTURES FIXED**

[Honeybadgerdontcare_]

I'm just posting this to show off the cutting boards I made last year at school. The one pictures on the left in the picture of the 3 actually happened by me not thinking. Rather than cross cutting the walnut board to turn the end grain up, I ripped it. Then realized later my mistake. So I glued the pieces back together, then crosscut them, turned the grain up, and glued. It was the second board I made. The one in the middle was the first one I made and I think I did pretty good on it. On the first two I had to use a miter saw to cut the pieces before turning the end grain up, and the blade was worn out, so the thickness suffered as when I turned the end grain up, the pieces were all uneven. Now, the third one I did much better on. I ended up using the table saw to crosscut. I used a sharpie to mark the spot on the table saw bed to line the edge of the board up with in order to try and get them as close in thickness as possible when the grain got turned up. I did really well on it as the thickness difference was not more than 1/8 or so between each piece. The only issue is that I had to use a brush to put the glue on, because there were no open bottles to put the FDA approved glue in at the time. So the glue started to set before I had all the pieces put on. So the pieces were not set even with each other on the edges because the glue was set too far. So I ended up having to take an inch or two off the width with the jointer. Even now it is still not completely straight edges. I still have to oil the boards, but anyways. Sorry for the rant about it. Leave me your comments and criticisms! Thanks guys! Let's see if these links work.

EDIT: It took me a little while to figure out how to post the photos, but scroll two posts down and you will see them!

 

[taldesta]

Hi Honeybadgerdontcare_

The link took me to your recent upload page on Photobucket where a number of part images are displayed. On dialup, I was unable to open an individual pic ... but did copy one image code and I post it here

Sometimes a pic with the story makes it easier to appreciate. So, I will see what this image code brings ... Clearly you have worked hard on these cutting boards and they are something I would definitely like to see.

Susan

 

[Honeybadgerdontcare_]

Here we go, I figured it out. The order these were made in were, middle first, left second, right third.

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[Honeybadgerdontcare_]

Hi Honeybadgerdontcare_

The link took me to your recent upload page on Photobucket where a number of part images are displayed. On dialup, I was unable to open an individual pic ... but did copy one image code and I post it here

Sometimes a pic with the story makes it easier to appreciate. So, I will see what this image code brings ... Clearly you have worked hard on these cutting boards and they are something I would definitely like to see.

Susan

Yes, thank you for your kind words Susan! I did work very hard on them. I guess they look alright even though they hardly turned out the way I had originally planned. They did end up better than my expectations as well.

 

[taldesta]

So glad you persevered, and also that you thought to edit the thread title.

Figuring out image posting could not hold a candle to the challenge of making these cutting boards! Honestly I had no idea that there was so much precision required. Unique and beautiful ... kudos to you