Last night was the second week of woodworking. I didn’t post about week 1 yet so I thought I’d post pictures from both weeks today. I hadn’t quite figured out how to fix my jewelry boxes so for the first two weeks I worked on cutting boards.
The lumber: (from left to right) walnut, cherry, and maple.
I cut the wood into strips of varying widths.
And glued the strips together.
Then last night I sanded the panel smooth and then cut it into strips.
I flipped every other strip around (to make the pattern) and then glued them all together.
These cutting boards are kind of addictive. There’s a lot of saw work and sanding involved but I think they’re really fun to make. I had some leftover wood and so I started another one.
Steven tagged along with me to class the last two weeks. I thought he might be bored but he wanted to go again last night so it must have been kind of fun for him.
Very pretty, me likey!
That's awesome!!! We got a cutting board like that for our wedding and it's SO cool. and very heavy…. 🙂
So beautiful, Faith! The wood by itself is pretty, but I love how you've done the design. I love your woodworking posts, I always feel a little smarter after seeing how you've made things. Still amazed by you…
I LOVE IT! Is that for the jewelry box? I could totally see that being a cool bookshelf or coffee table. 🙂
Very cool. How did you get started in woodworking? Was it the 8th grade shop class, except you found a zen where the rest of us found crooked corner shelves?
Those are amazing. You're making me wish I had all my dad's wood working tools/saws and a warm place to use it all. Can't wait to see the finished product!
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! If I had unlimited time and money I would make cutting boards for all of you. 🙂
I think I've finally figured out how to redo the jewelry box lids so I'm going to start on that next week.
Laura, were you in shop class with me? I can't remember. Mostly I just remember 1) how the shop teacher was missing half a finger and 2) how scared I was to use the router (which I think might have had something to do with number 2).