Walnut and oak with Osage Orange and Padauk accents
The construction is top notch, but I have to, unfortunately, agree with others that the color choices aren’t my cup of tea. That being said, color choice is all subjective, you can be proud of what you made!
Well executed, but the wood choices and contrasts in shape are a bit much for my tastes. I feel like the curves and the Osage bits fight each other, and that yellow tones in the oak fight those in the Osage.
You certainly seem to know what you’re doing, those curves are very nice and the veneer technique looks nice and clean.
Because you are an artist my friend, that is beautiful!
Boom! You called it! Gorgeous work!
Too kind, truly!
Thank you for the kind words!
I hate it. But, damn that’s some nice, clean work. You feel like an artist because you are one.
Appreciate your honesty lol what do you hate about it?
I don’t actually hate it. I love it because it’s difficult thing to make, you had the courage to share it, and you asked me why.
I don’t like how the accents have little contrast. And, the waves are irregular but don’t seem to follow a natural edge. It doesn’t “speak” to me in a way I can easily understand.
I can dig it, thanks for your feedback!
I’m not the original poster but I also hate it. It’s those lines that kill it for me. If it wasn’t for those I’d love it. But it’s beautiful work.
Thanks for your feedback, friend!
Gorgeous and really like the inlay accent work.
Thank you! It’s a technique I’m fond of.
Thats lovely. Nicely done.
Thank you, I try.
As someone with no knowledge of woodwork, how do you even do this? Do you glue the pieces together? How do you make the different woods line up so perfectly?
Bacon Board
Groovy 🥓
As well you should.
Appreciate ya!
JFC you did that by hand? That’s impressive.
By hand? Hell no, I use power tools lol. Appreciate ya!
Ah right, in this case “by hand” means without a CNC router/mill. I can barely draw a straight line so this is pretty amazing to me.
Beautiful!
Thanks!
Purty.
Also, RIP your tools. Jesus. processing some rough-cut Pecan (related to hickory) about drove me batty, and bois d’arc is even harder.
Never heard it’s French name before but when I first worked this species it was turning a couple end grain bowls and boy howdy, you ain’t kidding. Had to sharpen the bowl gouge 3 times to finish both bowls and I about gave up on the last one.
That’s the shit.
You’re the shit for thinking it’s the shit. Appreciate ya!
beautiful work!
Appreciate ya!
That is absolutely gorgeous! Is this a charcuterie board or cutting board?
Thanks so much! I think they plan to use it as a cutting board.
I don’t think I could trust oak in a cutting board. It just has too many open pores. I’d be worried about food working its way in and never being able to properly clean it.
Oh man, then you really wouldn’t trust the red oak spatulas I made from the tree that hit my house lol
@BradleyUffner @Marafon I found this podcast really good for thinking about finish on cutting boards and wood choices. Basically as the bacteria gets pulled into the grain it dies and so no finish is good and open grain is okay. At least that was my take.
Lovely looking chopping board :) The lines and dots look really fun and I have not see one like that before.
Do you have a link for the podcast? I’m curious to hear what they have to say.
@BradleyUffner Ha! Totally missed that I had not added the link. Here you go https://www.finewoodworking.com/2024/10/04/stl325-no-finish-no-problem
