Luperez548 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 This is my first attempt with this technique, made from recycled wood, it is 18" x 10 1/2" x 1 1/4", came out from cedar, mahogany, red oak, and 2 different types of pine wood. After 3 days working on it due to clamp process for gluing, I got this done today, now I am sealing it with me real oil. Next time I would spend some more time aligning it, but looks fine to me for a very first tray, what do you think? I am attaching few pictures of the process steps. lawson56, Doug and cheeseburger 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Luis that looks great. I have seen similar items on Ebay go for a couple hundred USD that did not look a nice. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Good day Luis Very well done and time consuming but the end result is fabulous as you have done. I've seen photo frames made using this process. An excellent way of using up scrap pieces left over from other projects. Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 That looks superb Luis, you should be very proud of that an excellent job and a lot of work. Thank you for sharing it with us. Rob Roy. Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 very nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don in brooklin on Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Very nice. I really like routed upper edge. I have done quite a few cutting boards and never used soft woods like pine and cedar. Did you use CBdesinger or did you make the pattern up on you own, Don Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Luis, that is great. Very nice looking. Hope you don't mind if I use my scrap wood for a similar project. Great idea Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luperez548 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Very nice. I really like routed upper edge. I have done quite a few cutting boards and never used soft woods like pine and cedar. Did you use CBdesinger or did you make the pattern up on you own, Don thanks Don for your couching, it very interesting learning from experts this is my very first one, I noticed when planning the border, Cedar is fragile, pine used has lot of resin and I had no problem with it. Thanks again, if you have any other tip, please, let me know about, will be very appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Super looking project,hope it did'nt go thru the planer!These multi wood project are fine as wine.What glues did you use. i'm looking for a slow setting glue hopefully water base for a project coming up.I've aquired lots of hard woods lately and in thin strips perfect for similar projects like this. i want to see what i can come up with differant. Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luperez548 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Very nice. I really like routed upper edge. I have done quite a few cutting boards and never used soft woods like pine and cedar. Did you use CBdesinger or did you make the pattern up on you own, Don I forgot to mention the design was done by myself. Could you please let me know more details about that software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkey Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Luis it looks great. You did an excellent job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don in brooklin on Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I forgot to mention the design was done by myself. Could you please let me know more details about that software? I made my first ones based on the Woodwhisper video found here. Just 2 colours but makes up nicely. http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/videos/how-to-make-a-butcher-block-cutting-board/ If you look at the quick looks on the left see CBdesigner software. It is a free program. I run on my vista machine as you have to install a ocx file. I can;t seem to work on Windows 8. http://www.lastalias.com/cbdesigner/ Don PS: At the current time I am coordinating a group buy at our club of the material to build the end grain cutting board. So far we have 79 boards in maple/walnut, maple/cherry and maple/purple heart combinations. Will post my boards that I am doing for the demo in a couple of weeks. Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luperez548 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Super looking project,hope it did'nt go thru the planer!These multi wood project are fine as wine.What glues did you use. i'm looking for a slow setting glue hopefully water base for a project coming up.I've aquired lots of hard woods lately and in thin strips perfect for similar projects like this. i want to see what i can come up with differant. hi Kevin, thanks for your comments, I worked with the waterproof Titebond II glue, I hope that's the right one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Now that came out nice! I really like the edge too. I have all kinds of scrap I just can't throw away. Thanks for the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Luis you did an excellent job. You should feel very proud of your effort. Marg Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Awesome job.I have wanted to do that myself.but I don't have the proper clamps.Again Awesome job. :thumbs: Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankorona Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Excelente trabajo y técnica Luis, realmente luce maravilloso, gracias por compartirlo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multifasited Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Beautiful .The only problem I,see would be .Using it ,and messing up such a great looking piece ! Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty0312 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Some very very nice work there, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Very, very nice. I have a couple questions. Why use the end grain for the cutting boards?Are all four sides routed?Thank you for sharing and thank you for an anticipated reply to help me learn or to help satisfy my curiosity. God Bless! Spirithorse Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don in brooklin on Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Very, very nice. I have a couple questions. Why use the end grain for the cutting boards? Are all four sides routed? Thank you for sharing and thank you for an anticipated reply to help me learn or to help satisfy my curiosity. God Bless! Spirithorse I suggest you watch the video in my post above for the answer on why end grain. With the end grain it is easier on knives and it heals itself. Routing - I use a 1/8 round over on the all the sides of the bottom and 1/4 inch roundover on the 4 sides of top. The router won't round over all the handles so I round over with sandpaper. The profile used by Luis on the original post is really cool and I and going to give that a try on next board I do. Luperez548 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luperez548 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Very, very nice. I have a couple questions. Why use the end grain for the cutting boards? Are all four sides routed? Thank you for sharing and thank you for an anticipated reply to help me learn or to help satisfy my curiosity. God Bless! Spirithorse hi folk, just looking at your query, Don is very experienced in this technique, I do believe he said all in his quote, thanks again Don, keep this Village updated in end grain technique, I like it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thanks very much for the reply and the link to the video. God Bless! Spirithorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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