Todays shop time.

[Sawyer Rob]

Back in the 70's when I wanted some small "turnings", I didn't have a lathe... SO, I used my drill press, as I had a decent (still have it) Sears floor model, anyway if some of you want to try turning and don't have a lathe, it can be done with a DP.

Yesterday my helper came over and we cut out/glued up cutting boards as I agree to show him how to make them for Christmas presents, he needs....

SR

 

[daugen]

is there any good use for those curly wood turnings? Might make a lumpy pillow...
Would sure make a good burn pile fire starter

 

[4570Man]

Fire starters and oil dry is all I've found them useful for. And table saw chips are better oil dry. They're too dusty for a pillow stuffing.

 

[4570Man]

I like making cutting boards. Problem is everyone in my family has one now. I sold quite a few last year but I didn't have time this year.

 

[daugen]

I like making cutting boards. Problem is everyone in my family has one now. I sold quite a few last year but I didn't have time this year. View attachment 532645View attachment 532646

Hmmmm 4570, wouldn't take much to morph them into chess boards! A re-purposing for sure.

 

[4570Man]

I made actual checker boards a few yards ago. I made them out of 3/8 thick wood and glued it on 1/4 thick plywood so it wouldn't break. Both of them warped awful.

 

[frugalangler]

I made actual checker boards a few yards ago. I made them out of 3/8 thick wood and glued it on 1/4 thick plywood so it wouldn't break. Both of them warped awful.

I'd think if you used cabinet grade ply you'd be ok, but if you glued them flat grain I could see that, cutting boards are usually made standing grain (at least I do to protect knife edges), and don't succumb to that tendency to declare their independence!

 

[4570Man]

It was cabinet grade plywood.

 

[kenlip]

I made actual checker boards a few yards ago. I made them out of 3/8 thick wood and glued it on 1/4 thick plywood so it wouldn't break. Both of them warped awful.

I think the problem might have been differential expansion. Plywood is extremely stable, because of the perpendicular directions of the grain in the alternate layers. If the fibres in the checkerboard are all orientated the same way, the checkerboard will expand and contract. This leads to the warping.

Had you sandwiched the ply between two layers of checkerboard, the boards probably would have stayed flat. However, the glue might have been likely to fail in the long term.

Ken

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I like to make my checker boards a bit thicker, and then longer beyond both ends of the checker board. Then I make the boards into stools, so they have more than one use.

Dove tail the legs (ends) on, and sometimes I put a drawer under the top for storing the checkers or chess pieces...

All easy projects that make nice gifts.

SR