Engraved cutting board

[michael_schwartz]

never really thought about engraving a cutting board until a customer suggested the idea, and asked me to do it.

I have been making numerous cutting boards lately, as they are a great way to use, and sell scraps/leftover material, or stuff that's been sitting around. Almost any size scrap that is long enough to go through the planer can be used.

[ed_lang]

You have entered a gold mind. Keep selling and finding new ways to get your product out and into the customers eyes.

They will sell very well!

Wishing you mega sales in 2011

[myxpykalix]

Michael,
Did you carve it before or after you glued it up? If after, how did you hold it down?

[wberminio]

Great job Micheal
I have been giving cutting boards as gifts for a while.
Everyone flips out seeing their names engraved

[michael_schwartz]

Michael,
Did you carve it before or after you glued it up? If after, how did you hold it down?

The carving was done prior. However I did glue up the rest of the lamination's the day before so I could clean them up, and carefully glue on the final one after carving.

Attached is a photo of the fixture that I used, and a drawing showing how everything was laid out. I used aspire, but the process is generic. The fixture was machined into a piece of scrap 2x6.

I used two separate sbp files, one to machine the pocket and another for the v-carving. However both were derived from the same file within Aspire. As a result the part is indexed perfectly in relation to the jig. Therefore the X/Y origin can just be eyeballed.

I did use some double stick tape in the pocket, to aid with hold down.

[myxpykalix]

Its funny how we find clever ways to solve holddown problems whether they are simple or complex. Good job.