Making a Cutting Block the wrong way.

**GraemeCook** · 26th December 2022, 03:29 PM

Hi Greg

I, too, am prone to over-engineering and making things strong to last a lifetime, but a 10.6 kg cutting board for your grand daughter ..... What is she, a sumo wrestler? I would be afraid of being wacked over the head with it.

My first cutting board, over 40 years ago, was 42 mm kwila, and I thought that was heavy, and too big. The next was 35 mm and smaller. The last two were 12 mm thick and much smaller. Definitely a progressive learning curve there.

But I still loved its aesthetics, if not its practicality.

**Mutawintji** · 26th December 2022, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

Hi Greg

I, too, am prone to over-engineering and making things strong to last a lifetime, but a 10.6 kg cutting board for your grand daughter ..... What is she, a sumo wrestler? I would be afraid of being wacked over the head with it.

But I still loved its aesthetics, if not its practicality.

heheee ��

The granddaughter's board (Crows Ash) was only 2-2.5 kg. This board (Ironbark) is for my nephew, big fella. I forgot to mention he wanted it big, and wanted me to retain the natural edging of the trunk. I managed to do this on one side-length and partially on the other. You can see the trunk edge in the photo above (close up with the knife handle)

The board is 75mm x 300mm x 500mm. About the same weight as a carton of beer.

Greg

**Mutawintji** · 26th December 2022, 06:24 PM

Oops ... I also forgot to say ... The lat and lon milled into the picture above (bottom, red, side up) is the Google Earth loc for the stump. I felled the tree.

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