I'm back in the work shop over the last few weeks. I have been working on turning projects over the last months after attending another turning class in early March at John Campbell.
Some other projects are progressing slowly but I completed several cutting boards using a pattern from the Winter, 1999, Wood magazine. The light wood is maple while the divider and dots are walnut. I intended to have one sacrificial one on which I would test each step and then have three finished boards. The sacrificial cutting board ended up being good enough to give as a gift.
Some other projects are progressing slowly but I completed several cutting boards using a pattern from the Winter, 1999, Wood magazine. The light wood is maple while the divider and dots are walnut. I intended to have one sacrificial one on which I would test each step and then have three finished boards. The sacrificial cutting board ended up being good enough to give as a gift.Each cutting board consists of eight 3/4" X 1 1/2" maple slats with 1" walnut dowels used for the dots. Each board is 6" X 11 1/2". It is on the small side and is not edge-grained so it probably works better as a serving platter. I did add rubber feet to help it stay stationary in use.
My next project that is already in progress: post-office-box-door banks. I purchased a number of old post office box doors very similar to the photo to the left. I have written previously about the process of cleaning the old brass with Coke and ammonia. I had made a bank a number of years ago from oak and used a pattern which included a base with feet. I liked this pattern better than the one in this photo since it looks more like an old safe. I have the oak and cherry wood cut and will be assembling the base and mortising the slot in the top. That should consume my next day in the work shop.
The article also has directions for producing cutting boards shaped like a quilt block or a lady bug. I will probably try the quilt block pattern some time later.
My next project that is already in progress: post-office-box-door banks. I purchased a number of old post office box doors very similar to the photo to the left. I have written previously about the process of cleaning the old brass with Coke and ammonia. I had made a bank a number of years ago from oak and used a pattern which included a base with feet. I liked this pattern better than the one in this photo since it looks more like an old safe. I have the oak and cherry wood cut and will be assembling the base and mortising the slot in the top. That should consume my next day in the work shop.
