It’s that time again! For December’s inspiration, I present Andrea Brugi. I’m pretty sure I’d like to be reincarnated as a Tuscan farmer/woodworker. In the meantime, I can only blog in envy: Ok, maybe his hometown is a little more inspirational than Detroit in the winter. Living in Tuscany, he works a lot with olive [...]
Archive for December, 2010
IOTM #3
Posted in cheeseboard, cutting board, inspiration of the month on December 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Warp!
Posted in cutting board, maple, mistake on December 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rats. I just put about 4 hours into a beefy maple butcher block top destined to become a kitchen island (most of it spend sanding and flattening) when this happened: I have a rudimentary understanding of moisture and wood movement, but this craziness caught me by surprise. I’ve been dampening the convex side with a [...]
New boards
Posted in bloodwood, cheeseboard, cherry, cutting board, maple, oak, tigerwood, walnut on December 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Let’s introduce some of them. First, some walnut/maple cheeseboards. I think they work better as cheeseboards because they’re smaller and lighter, but also are more prone to showing knife marks. That said, use them as you please. I’ve got a few of these around 10″x14″. The dog hairs seen on the finish can be wiped [...]
