The last one

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JFPNCM

Discussion Starter · Jul 27, 2020

After I blew the side out of the last one of these (see Oops thread) I dug around in the cutoff boxes and found 9 pieces left from previous cutting board projects that looked like they might fit together. I added 2 strips of maple to make it a bit bigger. The hole was initially hogged out with a Forstner bit and finished with a bowl bit. I found a small slab of maple and walnut that looked like it might make a top. The pattern on the top is from a Rose Cutter bit, also a topic of a previous thread. The small circles in the corners hide a set of button magnets that retain the lid. After sanding to 220 a coat of sanding sealer and Brit wax finished the project.

I thought about rounding the corners and edges but SWMBO preferred the square look.

Comments welcome as always.

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RainMan 2.0

· #2 · Jul 27, 2020

JFPNCM said:
Comments welcome as always.

Ummm , I can’t see the pics :smile:

JFPNCM

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jul 27, 2020

Missing photos

Missing photos form the last one. Sorry about the fat fingers.

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JFPNCM

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jul 27, 2020

RainMan 2.0 said:
Ummm , I can’t see the pics :smile:

Thanks Rick. Believe I have them up there now.

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RainMan 2.0

· #5 · Jul 27, 2020

Wow is that ever neat

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Bstrom

· #6 · Jul 27, 2020

Neat pieces - or pieces! How did you make that cavity?

old55

· #7 · Jul 27, 2020

Very nice.

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Herb Stoops

· #8 · Jul 27, 2020

Real nice Jon. There is a lot of work in one of those.
HErb

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Cherryville Chuck

· #9 · Jul 27, 2020

Nice job Jon. Either you found the sweet spot to run the rosette cutter at or you were trying to make one in the wrong wood before.

marecat3

· #10 · Jul 27, 2020

Very nice, love the woods

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Potowner1

· #11 · Jul 27, 2020

REAL NICE!!! Great use of wood that probably was destined for the fire place.

Thanks for sharing.

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Danman1957

· #12 · Jul 27, 2020

I lost count on how many segments you used, wow ! the top is only 3 pieces, then you see the rest and you know immediately that a lot of time energy and effort went in to this project, beautiful results !

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honesttjohn

· #13 · Jul 27, 2020

Good job Jon!!

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JFPNCM

Discussion Starter · #14 · Jul 27, 2020

Bstrom said:
Neat pieces - or pieces! How did you make that cavity?

Brian

The bulk of the cavity was hogged out with a Forstner bit. I used double sided tape to affix a jig to the top to guide the router bit shown below to finish the bottom and sides. A similar approach failed miserably as described in the OOPs thread. So caution is the watch word.

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JFPNCM

Discussion Starter · #15 · Jul 27, 2020

Cherryville Chuck said:
Nice job Jon. Either you found the sweet spot to run the rosette cutter at or you were trying to make one in the wrong wood before.

That is the same piece from the Rose Cutter thread. I rounded a piece of dowel and used the flexible sandpaper that DesertRatTom posted about to clean up the pattern. Have yet to try that Rose Cutter again.

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JFPNCM

Discussion Starter · #16 · Jul 27, 2020

Thank you one and all for the feedback. That uses up the remaining pieces from previous cutting boards so until the cut off bin fills again it is on to other things. That assumes the temp in the shop comes down bit.

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MEBCWD

· #17 · Jul 27, 2020

Nice little box.

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DesertRatTom

· #18 · Jul 27, 2020

That really turned out nicely. I like the contrasting woods, and that's a box made to order for my hearing aids to rest at night. On to new things....

JFPNCM

Discussion Starter · #19 · Jul 27, 2020

DesertRatTom said:
That really turned out nicely. I like the contrasting woods, and that's a box made to order for my hearing aids to rest at night. On to new things....

Thanks Tom. A good suggestion, simply add a bit of felt to give them a soft landing.

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