Tag: walnut cutting board
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I’ve saturated the one-purple heart block cutting board with mineral oil. It got really dark, which I expected. I used a mineral oil that I got at local coop, but I haven’t noticed any difference from one brand to another.
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The epoxy set overnight. I scraped the epoxy down to the surface with a hand planer. I sanded the areas with 110 grit. The area on the right is sanded. The one on the left is not. It takes a bit of elbow grease to get through the epoxy, but eventually it comes up. The…
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The pine end boards bonded to the walnut cutting board overnight. I took maybe 5 millimeters thickness from the board all together. The pine end-boards did great. I’ve processed an end cut cutting board through a planer without the boards and it destroys the end of the board as it exits the planer. You can…
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Similar to the previous cutting board, I planed off the beaded-up glue with my hand planer and trimmed up the sides with the miter saw. I ripped some 2x4s to size for the sacrificial boards on the font and end to protect the board from chipping out. They are glued and will clamp overnight.
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Clamps are off. I was dealing with a bit of illness, so I left the clamps on for 3 days. At least I know the glue is good and set. I have been leaving the glue beaded instead of trying to wipe it off because it ends up being easier to knock off with a…
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I removed the clamps after the glue had dried. The glue squeeze-out knocked off pretty easy with the hand planer. I sent the boards through the bench-top planer to ensure the next clamp up would be flush. Next I cut them down to 1.75″ strips. I used the miter saw because the cuts tend to…