Christmas Presents

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I decided to make cutting boards for my mom and mil this Christmas. Hard maple with walnut accents. The one pictured is the test run that I made for myself. Got the bugs worked out and the other two have gone much smoother. Still doing the final sanding on them, and will finish them tonight.
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Pints of mineral oil are expensive, easy to buy a gallon food grade for about $20 on Amazon or at Tractor Supply.
 
Somebody needs a dust collector ... lol.

Looking sharp! I made a few myself this year, they are always a big hit.
 
Pints of mineral oil are expensive, easy to buy a gallon food grade for about $20 on Amazon or at Tractor Supply.
If I decide to make more that's what I'll do. I paid $2/pint at Wal-Mart, and I didn't even use a whole pint for the three cutting boards since I was also using butcher block conditioner.
 
Are they reversible?? If so that's a lifetime or two of use....
As it stands, no. Reverse side is finished but the feet are glued on. If one were sufficiently compelled, the feet could be removed and that side refinished. Either way, they've got plenty of life in them. Hard maple doesn't joke around.
 
You aren't lying. Shop vac is next up on the list.
Brooms are dang cheap too lol

Next year we should do a Secret Santa on here. If I draw you youre getting a broom. No, TWO brooms!

Does look really dang good and got me thinking about some ideas!
 
Question on the construction - how did you connect the pieces, just glue them or did you add anything in between like dowel pins, biscuits etc?
 
Brooms are dang cheap too lol

Next year we should do a Secret Santa on here. If I draw you youre getting a broom. No, TWO brooms!

Does look really dang good and got me thinking about some ideas!

Believe it or not, that's AFTER sweeping up two 5 gallon buckets worth of sawdust and shavings.

As far as construction goes, it's just a simple glue up. I don't have a jointer or a planer, so I had to get a little creative. You obviously want the faces that are glued up to match together as well as possible. I glued each cutting board as one unit, but it is probably better to do each one in three sections and then glue the sections together. I used to clamps that will sit flat to put all the pieces on, then lightly clamped them together and sat something heavy and flat on them to keep the tops of the boards level, and then finished clamping them down. The result was pretty flat, but I still had to go over it with my router sled to make them flat enough to use.
 
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