LDC Woodcrafter

Finally, I finished my cutting board. This was completely fabricated with my CNC. Except for the final sanding and finishing.

You remember from my last post, When I was cutting this out, I encountered a catastrophic failure. I had to order parts. Luckily they weren’t costly. I then tried to recenter my cutter and continue where I left off. That didn’t work!

After a couple of days off, I prepared the material and today I tried it again. This time I had success! The machine cut out the board the way I expected. The plan was to leave the board connected to the waste by 6 tabs. These tabs would keep the project centered in the stock. THe tabs were easy to cut through with a hand saw and sand away.

I then eased the edges with the sander. I didn’t want the cutting board to cut the user. Just as bad would be to have a splinter embedded in a finger or the food being cut. A user injury would give a new meaning to the term “cutting board”.

The next step in the project was to sand to 150 grit and apply the finish. The finish is Butcher Block Oil. I will never get tired of marveling at the transformation in a piece of wood when the finish is applied. You can tell by the picture that the spalted grain in the maple beautified the project.

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