Chess board or cutting board?

[1index only]

well the quality isn't the best but I was proud of it for the level of experience I have.

[Alex Franke]

Chess board.

Bravo! Those things can be tricky and it looks like you did a great job! I can't imagine cutting veggies on it. Definately a chess board.

[bthere]

That is a really nice piece of work. Just keeping everything straight during glue up is a real hair-pulling experience.

[ssmith1627]

I agree. Chess board. That really does look good. I wouldn't ruin it by using it as a cutting board.

Do you have any photos from during the creation of it ? I'd love to see how that went together.

Steve

[1index only]

Thanks for the comments,no assembly pics sorry, I used purple heart,oak, and mahogony all scraps from railroad tonnnage. I did what most do I think? glue up the strips and spacers in alternating colors and then cut across then flip flop the pieces to create the chess board effect. I planed it down before I did the cross cut, that helped with the second glue up. The picture does't show it but the border really is bad, uneven sides and poor corners.

[LCHIEN]

if it was 7x7 I would say cutting board but you did count right (8x8) and it looks nice, so, chess board.

[Ed62]

That looks great. I'll say it's a cutting board. But don't cut anything on it. Use it for chess.

Ed

[mater]

Very nice looking work.

[Pappy]

I'm amazed that you found Purpleheart in tonnage. Nice work on the chess board!

[lrogers]

I think you did a great job. Too nice for a cutting board, so chess it is.

[1index only]

I've only found the one piece of purple hearty so far, lots of walnut,mahogony,oak and cedar

[John Hunter]

Looks good!

[big tim]

Nice work,

Tim

[MoldnMaker]

Good job. Definately a chess board.

Besides if I hear oak is to porous a wood for use as a cutting board.