Charcuterie Boards

Charcuterie Boards are a very popular item, particularly with those who like decorative tableware.  (I don't think I have that gene but I can fake it with the best of them!)  These boards expose edge grain, not end grain on their faces, and so they wouldn't make for good cutting boards (at least not without them getting severely hacked up over time).  But, they do serve well as decorative trays for serving things like meats, cheeses, crackers, etc..  Most of the ones I've made are of the rectangular variety, and they're fairly easy to make.  I cut a variety of hardwood  pieces (~ 15" long for the rectangular boards, 1.5" thick, and varying widths).  My wife is typically the one who lays out the wood arrangements, and I do the glue-up and clamping.  A day later, I'll run the boards through the planer, then using the router, I'll round off the edges, and make insets for handling them.  You can put feet on them, but I prefer not to in order to allow them to be used on either side.  The circular one I made was mounted on a Lazy Susan mechanism.  As shown in one of the pics, I've also made coasters from them.