Wide chevron board

This is my first post here. I discovered this site thanks to my LJ buddy Moment.

I made these cutting boards about 2 years ago Just in time for Christmas.
I am reposting these boards here because I liked them and also to get a feel for this site
The angles different angles for each to maximize the use of the wood; the steepest, I believe, was 32 degrees.

Some build pictures:

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

walnut maple cherry purple heart

Comments

Moment commented over 7 years ago

I Like the illusion on these , quite nice !

lanwater commented over 7 years ago

Thanks Moment!

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

kdc68 commented over 7 years ago

Very cool….great contrast….well done !…..thanks for sharing

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SPalm commented over 7 years ago

Nice.
That wild maple grain really adds interest to the boards.
Nice balanced design.

Steve

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Gary commented over 7 years ago

Looks great. I’ve done several box lids with the chevron on top. I learned it when David (Patron) and Larry (degoose) were in a race to see who could make the next generation. That was really fun stuff

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lanwater commented over 7 years ago

Thanks for the nice comments.

It’s nice to see the best bunch here.

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

BarbS commented over 7 years ago

Those are nice, eye-catching designs for your boards, Ian. Well done!

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danofpaco commented over 7 years ago

Do you find that the C clamps at each joint helps a lot in keeping the boards flat? I use cauls but there always seems to be a decent amount of flattening left to do…

Nice boards, really like the designs!

lanwater commented over 7 years ago

Thanks BarbS.

Danofpaco: Thanks.They help quite a bit. Lately I am discovering that, gluing few pieces at the time with less clamp pressure is much better. Much less flatteing.

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

Tim Dahn commented over 7 years ago

Great looking boards lanwater, I like the different contrasting woods.

That ripping sled looks interesting, I have a crosscut sled but it has not occurred to me to make one like this. How often do you use it?

lanwater commented over 7 years ago

I use the long sled from time to time. Not nearly as much as my cross cut sleds.
This said it saves me a lot of headache on many occasions. It’s great for tapers, angled cuts, strait edge…

It’s very easy to make.

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

a1jim commented over 6 years ago

Way cool board Abbas

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