This is a cutting board that I just finished.  There's a few spots in it that I'm not sure I like, but I'll do another and get those fixed, this one got thrown together pretty quick.  It's maple and jarrah, about 9.5" x 16.5", and I'll probably do a little adjustment on the dimensions on the next time around.  My wife came up with the idea, then I changed it around a little to where I thought it would look a little better, and she still likes it.  She likes it when I do a roundover on the top edge and a cove on the bottom so she's got a finger hold for picking it up. 

Hello Roy,

That is one fine cutting board and it seems a shame to even use it other than mounting it to a wall some place. I love the curly maple design very much. I am not familiar with the wood you made the cross out of but, it truly is nice.

 

Ralph

I think that of many nice cutting boards, they are too nice to use.  But it's just wood and it grows on trees.  Cut it up and make another one.

 

Ralph Allen Jones said:

Hello Roy,

That is one fine cutting board and it seems a shame to even use it other than mounting it to a wall some place. I love the curly maple design very much. I am not familiar with the wood you made the cross out of but, it truly is nice.

 

Ralph

Beautiful work Roy, the colors really pop on that one. Nice contrast.

 

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

i have a question Roy, how have you designed cross grained expansion and contraction into that beautiful cutting board.  thanks for your  input, Paul

Roy

Great job, very impressive. One question I have is how you joined the the outside to it? Did you use a bread board style joint on the ends for movement? I honestly love the way it looks, fantastic job.

 

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

I didn't do anything special to it, the edges are just on with glue like the rest of the board.  I've done a number of them with the boarder on like this and haven't had any trouble with them.  I can see how expansion could be a problem, but so far it hasn't been.  I had an end grain board last year that I had some cracking problems with, but it was all end grain including the boarder.  Hope that my luck holds out on these.

Wayne Mahler said:

Roy

Great job, very impressive. One question I have is how you joined the the outside to it? Did you use a bread board style joint on the ends for movement? I honestly love the way it looks, fantastic job.

 

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Wayne Mahler

God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.