Here is the medium size board which will go to Stef and Lenny. I really
had to take my time while machining these inlays because of how fragile
they were. One wrong move here or to deep of a cut there might have
caused this wood to chip or crack. And after all the work I've done this
far, that would have me saying words I really don't like using.
The species of wood here are black walnut, oak, curly maple, mahogany
and purple heart for the inlays.
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If I had to do it all over again, I don't think I'd
use mahogany because it to has an open grain and is hard to
machine. Other than that, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
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I couldn't have done this inlay without the use of a CNC
machine because of how complex the shape is. I am truly grateful for
being able to use my works machines when I want to.
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Some cool looking end grain.
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This is the smaller cutting board that I really didn't
have planned at first but I had enough leftover scraps to make it. This
will be going to Matt and Angela to complement the bigger cutting board
because you don't always need a large one. The species of wood here are
black walnut, mahogany, maple and zebra. The reason I didn't use zebra
wood in the other boards is because the piece I had laying around was
only one foot long and was the main reason for making this smaller
board in the first place.
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This smaller board sure has some nice looking black
walnut.
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This shot makes this board look huge but it's really
just a close-up to show you the nice looking end grain.
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Here's a look at the smaller feet which had a flat
washer built in them. These were used on the medium and small boards.
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Now that I'm finished with these gifts, it has given me an idea for another
project that I could do in the future. I guess playing with your wood
can be a good thing :-]
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