{"id":125,"date":"2014-12-21T04:16:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2015-02-09T05:07:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T13:07:50","slug":"cutting-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"Cutting Board"},"content":{"rendered":"
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fig 1: The finished product<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made an end-grain cutting board for my brother a couple years ago, and I decided to make another board this year for my uncle. \u00a0But instead of end-grain, I thought I’d keep it a little simpler and just go with a normal edge-grain cutting board.<\/p>\n

I had a Hickory board that I picked out a year or two ago that I was going to turn into bow staves, so it had straight grain and was\u00a0knot free. \u00a0I also had a Purple Heart board kicking around, so I thought I’d add in a few strips of that to give it a nice contrast.<\/p>\n

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fig 2: Dynamite with a laser beam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Got the cutting board glued up and planed, then hauled it over to Schenk’s for a trip through the laser cutter.<\/p>\n

Brought it home, then started adding coats of plain old food-grade mineral oil. \u00a0Rubbed on a coat, let it sit for a few hours, then added another coat.<\/p>\n

After a few days of adding a coat of oil every so often, I wrapped it up and gave it away as a gift. \u00a0With the monogram on one side, it can be used as a serving tray, and food or other items can be cut on the backside.<\/p>\n

Lessons Learned: Edge-grain cutting boards are much easier than end-grain, and I not counting glue-up time, I can knock one out in a couple hours. \u00a0I just need to expand my repertoire of things to laser-engrave into them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I made an end-grain cutting board for my brother a couple years ago, and I decided to make another board this year for my uncle. \u00a0But instead of end-grain, I thought I’d keep it a little simpler and just go with a normal edge-grain cutting board. I had a Hickory board that I picked out … Continue reading Cutting Board<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,6,3,4],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gift","tag-laser","tag-wood","tag-xmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.swissninja.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}