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29th April 2024, 11:24 PM #1
Chopping board for the oldies
Sometimes… I get a little time to make stuff…
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Silky oak with beefwood breadboard ends fitted by draw-boring to allow for wood movement. One side for chopping/carving; the other for charcuterie.
My parents have been over since Feb for “a quick break”… tomorrow I get to drive them down to Brisbane to send them back to Blighty. They asked me to make them a new chopping board and are well pleased with this. The old boy has Parkinson’s and struggles with their thick end-grain board; this one is under half the weight and has finger recesses routed into the breadboard ends so it’s much easier for him to pick up.
For me it was just great to get to do some wood butchery!Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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30th April 2024, 09:14 AM #2
Very nice, an it’s lovely that there going back to the mother land, with a convict made chopping board.[emoji6].
Warms me heart, that does.
Cheers Matt.
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30th April 2024, 12:00 PM #3
Chief
Which side is for which purpose? Plain side for bread?
Looks good and not too much of either timber in the UK so quite rare. The Silky is light when dry.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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30th April 2024, 12:37 PM #4
Look good in my kitchen
If I was the quarantine man at Heathrow I would be duty bound to confiscate that suspect import.
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30th April 2024, 01:09 PM #5
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30th April 2024, 01:23 PM #6
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30th April 2024, 09:55 PM #7
Thank you; they live in Scunthorpe, in North Lincolnshire.
The “plain” side is meant for breads, cheeses, cold collations etc with the groovy side for carving up roast beasts. I did suggest trying to save the plain side for only displaying foods; while definitely using the other side for it’s intended purpose.
From memory the closest Northern Hemisphere woods that resemble silky oak & beefwood are London Plane and Leopardwood, neither are exactly common around their way so it’ll be talking point for their lunch & dinner parties.Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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