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  • Jim Frye
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 1051
    • Maumee, OH, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000 & BT3100

    Another Scrap Wood Project

    I found a scrap piece of cherry in the shop wood rack and it started a thought process on what could be made with it. Lots of maple scraps from the three living room tables and that got me started. Nothing remarkable in the design as this will be a working piece to replace or supplement an old commercially made one of some indeterminate wood with lots of pores. The assembled board is 20"x15"x1" made from 19 strips of wood with four wooden button feet on the bottom side. It should have been a freebee, but $45 bowl bit was needed.
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    Jim Frye
    The Nut in the Cellar.
    ”Sawdust Is Man Glitter”
  • Stan
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2004
    • 966
    • Kalispell, MT, USA.
    • BT3100, Delta 36-717

    #2
    Originally posted by Jim Frye
    I found a scrap piece of cherry in the shop wood rack and it started a thought process on what could be made with it. Lots of maple scraps from the three living room tables and that got me started. Nothing remarkable in the design as this will be a working piece to replace or supplement an old commercially made one of some indeterminate wood with lots of pores. The assembled board is 20"x15"x1" made from 19 strips of wood with four wooden button feet on the bottom side. It should have been a freebee, but $45 bowl bit was needed.
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    Very nice. Have never made one of those, sure looks handy.
    From the NW corner of Montana.
    http://www.elksigndesigns.com

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    • Jim Frye
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2002
      • 1051
      • Maumee, OH, USA.
      • Ryobi BT3000 & BT3100

      #3
      I should have taken a picture of the board before I started applying the mineral oil finish. Before the oil, the maple strips were pretty much a uniform color with different grain structures. They looked very similar until the oil. Then the maple changed quite a bit and not what I expected. The craftsmen who assembled the butcher block island top my cutting board is sitting on is so uniform in appearance after many applications of mineral oil. The pros obviously carefully selected the wood that went into the top construction. Something to ponder for the future. Both pieces are edge grain maple. The cutting board is a mix of hard and soft maple while the island top is all hard maple.
      Jim Frye
      The Nut in the Cellar.
      ”Sawdust Is Man Glitter”

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      • LCHIEN
        Internet Fact Checker
        • Dec 2002
        • 20920
        • Katy, TX, USA.
        • BT3000 vintage 1999

        #4
        Looks good, nonetheless.
        Loring in Katy, TX USA
        If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
        BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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        • Stan
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2004
          • 966
          • Kalispell, MT, USA.
          • BT3100, Delta 36-717

          #5
          IMHO, each project is a learning process. But when they come out looking as good as that.... it's all good.
          From the NW corner of Montana.
          http://www.elksigndesigns.com

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          • Jim Frye
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            • Dec 2002
            • 1051
            • Maumee, OH, USA.
            • Ryobi BT3000 & BT3100

            #6
            Oh goodness. Our Son saw the cutting board at Thanksgiving dinner and requested one. Just spent the afternoon tearing the wood rack apart looking for more scraps. Guess he gets an additional Christmas present, if I hustle.
            Jim Frye
            The Nut in the Cellar.
            ”Sawdust Is Man Glitter”

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            • LCHIEN
              Internet Fact Checker
              • Dec 2002
              • 20920
              • Katy, TX, USA.
              • BT3000 vintage 1999

              #7
              Now down to $22 each because the bowl bit is amortized over two units.
              Loring in Katy, TX USA
              If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
              BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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              • Jim Frye
                Jim Frye commented
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                Not counting the cost of the cutting board oil. I followed the old procedure for oiling wood.
                1. Once a day for a week.
                2. Once a week for a month.
                3. Once a month for a year.
                4. Once a year forever.
            • Black walnut
              Administrator
              • Aug 2015
              • 5438
              • BT3K

              #8
              Nicely done Jim. Great point that there is not bottom to having to buy a tool to do a project. I actually like the different shades in your finished project. To me it makes it look real.
              just another brick in the wall...

              Boycott McAfee. They placed an unresponsive popup on my pc.

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              • LCHIEN
                Internet Fact Checker
                • Dec 2002
                • 20920
                • Katy, TX, USA.
                • BT3000 vintage 1999

                #9
                Must have sprung for a Whiteside bowl bit!
                Loring in Katy, TX USA
                If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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                • Jim Frye
                  Jim Frye commented
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                  Yes, it is. My first Whiteside bit. They were very quick in turning the order around.
              • Dedpedal
                Established Member
                • Feb 2020
                • 255
                • Palm Coast Florida
                • One BT3000 in use and one for parts. Plus a BT3100

                #10
                Awesome use of scrap! I haven’t accumulated enough hardwood to have those kind of scraps yet but I’m getting there.

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                • Jim Frye
                  Veteran Member
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 1051
                  • Maumee, OH, USA.
                  • Ryobi BT3000 & BT3100

                  #11
                  For these projects, you can never have too many clamps! Here is the second cutting board in its final glue up. This one is composed of cherry, red oak, and hard and soft maple scraps. I have major issues doing multiple glue joins at once, so these are assembled from the center strips out. I add a strip on each side and clamp it for at least four hours. Note the cauls holding the workpiece flat on the assembly table. On a piece this thin (1 1/8" at this point), it can be a challenge to keep it flat while assembling it. The table is covered with plastic wrap to keep it from being glopped up with dried glue. After this cures completely, I'll flatten each face with a belt sander (don't have a drum sander and it's too wide for my planer) and then cut the blank to size on the table saw. Then all the sanding begins followed by the gutter routing.

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                  Jim Frye
                  The Nut in the Cellar.
                  ”Sawdust Is Man Glitter”

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                  • Jim Frye
                    Veteran Member
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 1051
                    • Maumee, OH, USA.
                    • Ryobi BT3000 & BT3100

                    #12
                    The second scrap wood cutting board is done. This one is also 20"x15"x1". It's made from heart and sap wood cherry, red oak, and hard and soft maple. The first pic is after oiling and the second pic is before the Howard's Cutting Board Oil.
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                    The Nut in the Cellar.
                    ”Sawdust Is Man Glitter”

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