{"id":639,"date":"2025-03-04T16:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/?p=639"},"modified":"2025-03-05T08:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T13:44:32","slug":"end-grain-cutting-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/?p=639","title":{"rendered":"End Grain Cutting Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Long have I yearned to forge an end grain cutting board, and now the time has dawned to bring this vision to life. With the scraps bequeathed by my nephew, I crafted a stock board to commence this noble endeavor. Recall, if you will, the board of yore which I transformed into a woodworking mallet<\/a>. From that board, I carved slices of 1 1\/4 inches across, and thus did I glue the new slices into a renewed board stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"shipping<\/a>
Behold the transformation: Shipping Spacer Scrap Upcycled to a Board!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Glued<\/a>
The slices of end grain are joined as one, ready to face the surfacing.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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When the adhesive had set, I smoothed the front and back upon the CNC, employing the meticulous dance of the back-and-forth milling pattern and the pocket milling pattern. Yet, even these methods left their marks upon the surface. Sanding then rendered the front and back as smooth as a polished gem, and each side was cut to square the stock. Secured to the waste board with double-sided tape and clamps, the juice groove was deftly milled into the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Cutting<\/a>
Gaze upon the mounted cutting board! <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Juice<\/a>
The juice groove, carved with precision, now adorned the cutting board.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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With the groove and handle slots etched into being, the edges were rounded using the mini router station. And so, the cutting board was re-sanded, and a final coat of Walrus Oil was lovingly applied. The labor bore fruit, and the project was wrought splendidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Compact Router Table<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The<\/a>
The finished end grain cutting board<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Re-written in the Style of the Tolkien books of old. Courtesy of CoPilot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long have I yearned to forge an end grain cutting board, and now the time has dawned to bring this vision to life. With the scraps bequeathed by my nephew, I crafted a stock board to commence this noble endeavor. Recall, if you will, the board of yore which I transformed into a woodworking mallet. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murphytj.sites.wfu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}