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We were at a friends for dinner, and she was showing me a worn out cutting board thing a ma jigi. She said, she wish she could find another. So, I surprised her with this

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Nice piece of work, Pat! The checkered board looks interesting.

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Nice clean looking work! Good job. Is the function of the scoop part of it to let you easily capture the waste material as your cutting stuff up?

mickyd wrote:Nice clean looking work! Good job. Is the function of the scoop part of it to let you easily capture the waste material as your cutting stuff up?

I've been wondering about the scoop part too. When I first saw it, it bewildered me. But the more thought I give it, it seems like it would actually be very handy.

If I can stop restoring old machines and actually start making sawdust, I think I'll try making something like this for my wife.

Pat, neat idea. I like it. Got any dimensions you can share?

tom_k/mo wrote:Pat, neat idea. I like it. Got any dimensions you can share?

Here comes a new sketchup project!:)

Nice Job, Pat! Your friend is lucky to have you as a friend! If you are ever in So. Cal. stop into our place for a meal!

Wow! I never have seen a cutting board like that before - complete with a scrap catcher! Who'd a thunk? Looks like your friend found a nifty board and used it enough to wear it out. Now she has a new replacement.

Isn't woodworking a great hobby?:)

judaspre1982 wrote:Nice job Pat. I like the use of the end grain cheery for the cutting board section. I have a friend who has made several end grain cutting boards as gifts at Christmas. For some reason two of seven boards cracked jaggedly across the end grain shortly after giving them as gifts. The other five are still solid ,no cracks. He used mineral oil to season the grain. What did you use? We have been trying to determine why the two split but not the others.----Dave

If we can assume the wood was all dried to around 8% moisture content before making up the boards, then the splitting problem was most likely caused by defects in the wood, such as ring shake.

My hunch is; the wood was not uniformly dried before making up the boards. If you could ascertain the boards that didn't split were cut from the ends of boards, then this hunch is probably correct. (The ends of boards will loose moisture faster than the centers - especially if not stickered.)

If some of the boards were stored on a concrete floor, or other moist area, before sawing, these boards would most likely have more moisture than the others.

This splitting is an example of the value of moisture meters in our shops.

JPG40504 wrote:Here comes a new sketchup project!:)

I'd be glad to, if he provides the dimensions and doesn't mind...