I had a request for a mountain scene cutting board, laser engraved with names and wedding date.  I've done a few of these and they come out looking nice but I doubt one ever gets used for anything exception kitchen art! 

 

I drew the original design in CorelDraw where I exported it as an svg to bring into Fusion 360.  From there I did the CAD/CAM work to cut the Maple, Walnut, and Cherry. These pieces are about 3/8" thick and the backer board is about 7/8" thick.  Everything is glued with TB III and the feet are silicone with SS screws and washers, so everything is FDA approved.

 

After cutting the mountain scene and gluing it to the backer board it goes to the table saw for trimming to size and then to the router table for rounding the edge.  I do the names and date in CorelDraw and take that file to the laser shop for engraving.  That way they don't have to do anything except load the file and start the laser machine.

It's finished in mineral oil with Beeswax (our own mix), even though it'll probably just be eye candy for the kitchen.

 

Sky, mountain, foreground blanks; I picked Walnut with some sapwood to look like snowcapped and some in the foreground - 

 

Blanks glued - 

 

Blanks glued to backer board - 

 

Engraving in the laser - 

 

Finished cutting board - 

 

 

Enjoy!

David

That looks fantastic.

 

Really neat.  I'm sure they will cherish it and display it proudly in their kitchen.   Danl  

REALLY nice!!! 

I love it.  Great job on the vision and execution.  Have you ever considered doing this on a jig saw or bandsaw?  I wonder how the pieces would match up.  

Thanks, Guys!  

 

Years ago I did something similar on the bandsaw and then sanded everything to fit - it came out just ok.  Now that I have the CNC I'm fairly certain this is the only way I'll do it from now on. You could also make some good patterns and do it on the router table with a flush trim bit and those would likely come out good, too.

 

David

Relating to lasers and CNC, Vectric just announced that they have an add-on module to support lasers in their 10.0 and greater versions.  Pretty nice features too, including mapping laser toolpaths to 3D surfaces. $49 for the module when it becomes available.   This help explain to me why several CNC companies have been announcing laser attachments for their CNCs. 

Beautiful David!

Really nice work! Beautiful cutting board!