OT - Cutting Boards

CTMike

CTMike said:

Just finished this board from some strips I had made previously. 15 3/4 x 13 7/8 x 1 1/2” - maple, walnut, cherry, and purpleheart. 

Second photo is after the first coat of food grade mineral oil, many more coats to follow.

Asking $200 due to the amount of walnut and purpleheart. A juice groove can be added for $25.

PM if interested. 

Sold

lkapigian

Thanks @CTMike , she’s a beauty

CTMike

@lkapigian,

My pleasure and thank you. It should last for many years when treated properly.

Ozzie_Isaac

lkapigian said:

Thanks @CTMike , she’s a beauty

Gorgeous!!  Did you get the feet?

lkapigian

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lkapigian said:

Thanks @CTMike , she’s a beauty

Gorgeous!!  Did you get the feet?

Yes sir, was a pleasant surprise 

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

 Beautiful board Larry. Very well done Mike. Can’t wait until my number is called! 

Botch

lkapigian said:

Thanks @CTMike , she’s a beauty

I love that pattern with the eight sapwood/heartwood squares!  

nolaegghead

Test burn for @jdMyers

bubbajack

nolaegghead said:

Test burn for @jdMyers

Very Nice!!!!!

jdMyers

Wow.  Incredible.  

CTMike

Very nice Nola. I ran a simulation of that with my CAD software, and it just lost too much detail. 

Which laser is that?

RyanStl

Can that do tattoos?

nolaegghead

This is the laser:

https://neje.shop/collections/all-products/products/neje-master-2-max-460-x-770-mm-professional-laser-engraving-machine-laser-cutter-lightburn-bluetooth-app-control

It's a 40 watt dual diode laser, 10cm/s max travel 460x810mm working area machine.  It will cut 8mm plywood (with air assist) single pass.

It will do tattoos, but you will not like the results.

Nice thing about this is besides it's easy to use, fast, powerful and cheap, is that it's very light and you can hang it on the wall, out of the way, when you're not using it.

I'm going to build a cabinet for it with some air filtration.  The amount of smoke and smell these create is annoying. 

nolaegghead

I'm going to add some fill to this particular graphic and try to get more contrast out of it.  That took about 35 minutes to burn.

nolaegghead

FYI - that was a vector burn.  A raster burn is very slow but you can take any photo and line by line burn it with grey scale.  Raster image printing is very challenging, I'm working on understanding the various parameters to try to optimize the image transfer.  Will take some time.

jdMyers

vector filled and shaded should be amazing. 

nolaegghead

I know I can assign certain colors to laser intensities/speed rates.  I can probably do a vector hatch pattern that way. 

nolaegghead

I'm really pumped up with this laser tool.  Lightburn software is pretty intuitive.

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

Test burn for @jdMyers

Laser engraving, screen printing, knife sharpening, roasted peppers.  You are a one person Farmer's Market stall.

Ozzie_Isaac

Thank you @CTMike this is an absolute stunner!!

CTMike

You’re welcome, and thank you.

MasterC

That is a good looking board.

Nice work CTMike

Ozzie_Isaac

MasterC said:

That is a good looking board.

Nice work CTMike

I feel like I am prepping food on top of a beautiful custom piece of furniture.

MasterC

That's a heirloom board there Ozzie Isaac

lkapigian

Ozzie_Isaac said:

MasterC said:

That is a good looking board.

Nice work CTMike

I feel like I am prepping food on top of a beautiful custom piece of furniture.

Mine is remanded to be like the "For Looks Towels" , don't let me catch you using it 

nolaegghead

Beautiful board, Mike. 

I'm in the camp where normal wear and tear adds to the character.  Tools are meant to be used. People actually pay extra for jeans that are half worn out, or guitars like this:

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-Custom-Shop/1951-Limited-Edition-Telecaster-Super-Heavy-Relic-Electric-Guitar-Aged-Nocaster-Blonde-1500000341372.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWRWXGP&gclid=Cj0KCQiAxoiQBhCRARIsAPsvo-z2oEUkKYRMgKlmfipnJkbeMxKBu67GW_L8hw3nykZMnfvvS3b_FnIaAv6oEALw_wcB

CTMike

MasterC said:

That is a good looking board.

Nice work CTMike

Thank you

CTMike

lkapigian said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

MasterC said:

That is a good looking board.

Nice work CTMike

I feel like I am prepping food on top of a beautiful custom piece of furniture.

Mine is remanded to be like the "For Looks Towels" , don't let me catch you using it 

That’s funny - pay a premium price for a quality piece - and then the boss says you can’t use it. 😎😎

CTMike

nolaegghead said:

Beautiful board, Mike. 

I'm in the camp where normal wear and tear adds to the character.  Tools are meant to be used. People actually pay extra for jeans that are half worn out, or guitars like this:

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-Custom-Shop/1951-Limited-Edition-Telecaster-Super-Heavy-Relic-Electric-Guitar-Aged-Nocaster-Blonde-1500000341372.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWRWXGP&gclid=Cj0KCQiAxoiQBhCRARIsAPsvo-z2oEUkKYRMgKlmfipnJkbeMxKBu67GW_L8hw3nykZMnfvvS3b_FnIaAv6oEALw_wcB

I agree - tools are meant to be used. Springsteen’s so called 1950’s Fender Esquire ‘mutt’ is estimated to be worth $1M - $5M according to an article in Rolling Stone - but a large part of that price is the provenance. When you look at it, it’s beat to hell:

lkapigian

Great, now I have guilt