12-12-2018, 07:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2018, 10:49 PM by K. L. McReynolds.)
of making many small pieces.
A couple years ago, I experimented with making drunken cutting boards. I made four(when you make one, you get two). Turns out very few people in my family actually use a cutting board, and not many appreciate wall art. LOML and my sister in law asked if I could put handles on two of the cutting boards and make serving trays instead. So, I did. Those were a HUGE success.
LOML decided I should make serving trays for all the immediate(to include adult grandkids) family. And, since my younger son's MIL just discovered she had a half brother in England(who has visited here twice), I should include them.
Since our discretionary funds are minimal this year, I put a limit on the number, but it still reached 15---with another 15-20 for later(her side).
Making the blanks is fun. I made many designs, am experimenting with routering designs and filling with colored epoxy, as well as using different wood combinations. Did not get into wild geometric patterns, tho.
The tedium comes in the frames(made 10 eight foot long pieces of stock by cutting the rabbit on the TS and rounding over the top edge on the router table)), cutting sides and ends(all different , since the blanks are different sizes), and then the really tedious tedium in making 15 sets of maple handles.
Cut the blanks on the TS, cut away the waste on the BS, sand smooth on the sander, round over edges on the router table, cut the mounting angles on the TS, drill the mounting screw holes, fit and predrill the screw holes in the boards, finish(trying brushing lacquer this time) and assemble.
I just spent 4 hours fitting 6 frames, cutting handle blanks, roughing out 8 sets(BS/sanding/routering) and figuring out the system to cut the mounting angles(30°) on 15 sets of those handles.
A couple years ago, I experimented with making drunken cutting boards. I made four(when you make one, you get two). Turns out very few people in my family actually use a cutting board, and not many appreciate wall art. LOML and my sister in law asked if I could put handles on two of the cutting boards and make serving trays instead. So, I did. Those were a HUGE success.
LOML decided I should make serving trays for all the immediate(to include adult grandkids) family. And, since my younger son's MIL just discovered she had a half brother in England(who has visited here twice), I should include them.
Since our discretionary funds are minimal this year, I put a limit on the number, but it still reached 15---with another 15-20 for later(her side).
Making the blanks is fun. I made many designs, am experimenting with routering designs and filling with colored epoxy, as well as using different wood combinations. Did not get into wild geometric patterns, tho.
The tedium comes in the frames(made 10 eight foot long pieces of stock by cutting the rabbit on the TS and rounding over the top edge on the router table)), cutting sides and ends(all different , since the blanks are different sizes), and then the really tedious tedium in making 15 sets of maple handles.
Cut the blanks on the TS, cut away the waste on the BS, sand smooth on the sander, round over edges on the router table, cut the mounting angles on the TS, drill the mounting screw holes, fit and predrill the screw holes in the boards, finish(trying brushing lacquer this time) and assemble.
I just spent 4 hours fitting 6 frames, cutting handle blanks, roughing out 8 sets(BS/sanding/routering) and figuring out the system to cut the mounting angles(30°) on 15 sets of those handles.
