chopping blocks
Posted: September 9, 2012
sometimes when you're making something that's drawn out and taking a while (like I am currently) it's nice to make something quick, useful and gives you the satisfaction of finishing a wooden object in a day.
chopping blocks (cutting boards) are great for that. salvage some wood pieces from the scrap pile, a friend's scrap pile and see what can be made. they're one of the few objects i make with no measuring which is really fun.
Here's a few that i made this summer as custom orders.
maple and walnut end grain. 12"x11"
walnut and padauk. 11"x11"
the underbelly of the walnut and padauk block
walnut and maple block 11"x8"
quarter sawn birch block 21"x10". was able to find some pieces in my pile that had amazing grain.
