I'm putting this here because this is the first stage of future cutting boards.

 

A friend who lives a couple of hours from us sent an email Wednesday asking if I wanted his Walnut, Maple, and Mahogany scraps for cutting boards. He builds very nice custom furniture and guitars, about 55 so far. Anyway, he said if I didn't want the scraps they would go in his burn pile. I haven't seen him in 6 months or so and wouldn't mind the drive but since I had a ton to do yesterday I asked if he could give me an idea of the amount of scraps he was talking about. He sent some photos and said most were 4/4 36" or so but would be great for what I'm doing. We figured, why not, our stuff will wait and Sandy and I would enjoy the drive.

These are the photos he sent and said I could thin out the two bins inside his wood storage building (his wood storage building is probably 20' x 50', his shop must be 3,000 sq. ft, maybe more, climate controlled, and with a finishing room he can drive his van into for loading furniture - finishing room is also climate controlled - all of this at his house)

Scraps -

 

In the truck when we got home - they multiplied! He helped me clean out both bins, insisted it was all going to be burned. Substantially longer than 36", I'd say. Also, about 20% of this is 8/4 Mahogany and Walnut, some 6/4. Didn't see a knot, absolutely nail/fastener free, and only a couple of pieces with splits. No idea how many cutting boards this will make.

In the family room - no room in our shop, making a space in our drying room (daughter's old bedroom).

This is the pile we put in the drying room -

End shot of the stack -

Overall shot -

Figured Mahogany, about 8" wide, 50" long -

 

Anyway, since we just opened out Etsy shop I guess cutting boards will occupy most of my time for a while.

Enjoy!
David

Edited January 14, 20188 yr by difalkner

You deserve a good ol' "You Suck"!  

 

Awesome score, I foresee some beautiful cutting boards. Have you ever made any Tumbling Block boards?

Mighty fine looking pile of scrap you scored.

Well worth the 2 hour drive David. You've got an awesome friend.

Man, I gotta' find me a different circle of friends

My eyes are bleeding after staring at those piles of lumber. What a generous friend you have !

1 hour ago, difalkner said:

No idea how many cutting boards this will make.

 

Ooh, ooh, ooh I do I do.  A

 

And I have to agree with Lew. 

 

 

In case you can't tell, I'm jealous as all get out.

 

Very nice haul!!  

 

Congratulations on on the wood stash. 

4 hours ago, lew said:

You deserve a good ol' "You Suck"!  

 

Awesome score, I foresee some beautiful cutting boards. Have you ever made any Tumbling Block boards?

The 3D effect boards?  Nope, not yet.  I keep saying I want to do a couple so maybe soon.  Have you made any?  If so, were they difficult?

David

That's alot of nice wood!!!

You did good!!!

Wow!  You might consider upgrading this guy from "friend" to "good friend"!