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    Default Perth - co-worker wants a 6ft charcuterie board made

    As per the title my colleague wants a 6 foot charcuterie board made for his wife's birthday next month, he's asked me as I've done cutting boards in the past but I don't have the time right now as I'm too busy with work.

    Anyone know someone local I can refer him to that would want the job?

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    Thats a table without legs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bueller View Post
    ... my colleague wants a 6 foot charcuterie board made for his wife's birthday next month.....

    6 foot, one fathom, 1800mm .... ? They could stick a bit of salami on each end and maintain social distancing.

    More seriously, the largest that I have seen were in Japan where, if my often faulty memory is correct, they were called "planku" - possibly a Japanisation of plank. Commonest dimensions that I saw were:
    • Width - 500 - 1,000mm, widest about 1350 mm.
    • Depth - 100 - 200 mm, maximum less than 300 mm.
    • Thickness - 6 - 10 mm, little correlation with size, thickest were quite small and chunky - eg 300x125x25.

    Timber was always quarter sawn and quite light in colour. Species that I think I recognised included:
    • Hinoki - Japanese cypress - extremely expensive and similar to Huon pine.
    • Powlonia - very soft and available here.
    • Poplar - not a timber I know, but a friend was fairly sure.

    In Perth, plantation blue gum - E globulus - might be a suitable candidate.

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    Honestly. Go get one of the 1800mm project panels from bunnings.
    Cut it down to size.
    Route a "drip groove" in from the edge
    Round the edges over
    Put some sturdy handles on it
    Coat in what ever
    Job done

    $46
    SpecRite 1800 x 405 x 18mm Brown Acacia Oiled Hardwood Panel

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    Anything more fancy and i think you'd be looking at a skinny live edge slab

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    Brilliant suggestion. These panels have next to no finish on them and a quick sand a finish with whatever food safe finish you like and the job will be done in half an afternoon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by havabeer69 View Post
    Honestly. Go get one of the 1800mm project panels from bunnings.
    Cut it down to size.
    Route a "drip groove" in from the edge
    Round the edges over
    Put some sturdy handles on it
    Coat in what ever
    Job done

    $46
    SpecRite 1800 x 405 x 18mm Brown Acacia Oiled Hardwood Panel

    faa4b572-ad10-4198-b566-755920b7e797.png

    Anything more fancy and i think you'd be looking at a skinny live edge slab



    regards from Alberta, Canada

    ian

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