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Fifteen Cutting Boards   8 comments

HandcraftedI have this problem. I have too much wood in my garage workshop.

There’s only one solution: make more stuff. So I did.

All cutting boards have routed hand holds on each end for easy handling. Non-skid rubber feet attach with stainless steel screws for long life. Finish is mineral oil, with a top coat of Mrs M’s special Board Butter that combines mineral oil with locally produced beeswax (and it smells like honey when I rub it in!).

These cutting boards are for Mrs M’s Handmade fall craft shows which begin in September. So now the only question is … how soon do I need to make more?

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Three New Cutting Boards

Cutting Boards: The Third Round

Cutting Boards: The Next Set

I Had To Mention Cutting Boards

The Cutting Board

Small Bowls   4 comments

HandcraftedI’ve been in a smaller mood lately.

I’d made several big bowls, big cutting boards … it was time to go small. I made 20 small routed bowls from Hard Maple, Red Oak and Black Walnut. Some very interesting grain patterns here.

The “large” bowls are 6″ diameter. The smallest bowls are 3″ diameter. The oblong pieces are 5″ long x 2-1/2″ wide.

Cutting Boards: The Next Set   2 comments

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Who Doesn’t Love Cheese & Crackers?

I Had To Mention Cutting Boards

The Cutting Board

I Had To Mention Cutting Boards   5 comments

I was finishing up the 2nd round of routed bowls, and I mentioned that the process used to make the bowl blanks … building up the wood by gluing together several boards to get to the bowl dimensions … was the same as used to make cutting boards.

So, of course, I was asked to make a cutting board. And another. I ended up making 5 cutting boards and 3 cheese boards. Velda’s cutting board  and cheese boards are discussed separately (link below). Here are the details on these 6x boards.

Alley and Christopher asked that their board be made in brown tones, so it is made from Walnut, Jatoba, Honey Locust, Tigerwood and Cherry. That board is 21″ long x 15-3/8″ wide x 1-1/16″ thick.

MrsMowry asked that her board be very red, so it is made from Purpleheart, Canarywood, Cherry and Hard Maple. That board is 14″ long x 12-1/4″ wide x 1-1/8″ thick.

I made two end grain cutting boards, as made famous by The Wood Whisperer. Fun project, though it’s definitely challenging to work on end grain like this. One is made from Walnut and Hard Maple; the other is Walnut and Yellowheart.

Finally, there’s a cheese board (PERFECT for the scraps that were left over!) which is 10-1/4″ long x 8-3/4″ wide and 1″ thick. The woods used are Cherry, Teak, Canarywood and Mahogany.

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The Cutting Board

 

Done – Round 3: The Bowl Adventure   1 comment

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Round Three: The Bowl Adventure

A Day Of Finishing

I Was Working Too Hard….

Round Two: The Bowl Adventure

Football Snack Bowl

Making A Snowman

Round Two: The Bowl Adventure   3 comments

This is round 2 of my creation of routed bowls. Below are links to a couple of pictorials showing the “making of” a pair of the bowls from round 1.

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Football Snack Bowl

Making A Snowman

Lumberjocks.com: My Projects

Posted October 10, 2013 by henrymowry in Woodworking

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My Favorite Woodworking Project   2 comments

And they seem so appropriate this time of year!

Mission-style candle holders, made from red oak and walnut.

Mission Candleholders

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