A chopping board from scrap Iroko.

[difflock]

The son in law, fished these few scraps of Iroko from a skip in an affluent Dublin superb. Due to remodelling work 

It had been a solid 44mm thick door, complete with door trims, fully 5" wide by 7/8" thick.

Stupid wasteful Bollix!

Crudely chopped up into tiny pieces to go in the skip! Nothing  bigger than 9" long.

Cut on my wee electra beckum flipsaw and then planed with my only plane.

I was quite pleased with my efforts.

Cheers

Marcus

[difflock]

Since I had loaned my belt sander to the son in law, now up at Ahoghill, see 40 grit sanded, to be finished with Tung Oil. I don't intend to go any finer, since it is for a working  chopping board.

Still got to add the finger grooves to the ends.

Edited Tuesday at 11:35 by difflock

[sime42]

Good work. That's nice. 

 

Stupid, wasteful bollix - completely agree. Like many aspects of modern life.

 

My dad made this for me. From the offcuts of a friend's new kitchen worktop. Oak. They were going to waste otherwise. He later made another, of similar design for my brother. Again from worktop offcuts, Rubber Wood that time.

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:46 by sime42
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[AHPP]

What’s the name for a polygon or polyhedron with curved sides/surfaces (like a Reuleaux triangle)?

 

[sime42]

12 minutes ago, AHPP said:

What’s the name for a polygon or polyhedron with curved sides/surfaces (like a Reuleaux triangle)?

 

 

 

Dunno, but I've got a couple. They're weird. Volumes of constant diameter or something?

 

 

 

[sime42]

30 minutes ago, AHPP said:

What’s the name for a polygon or polyhedron with curved sides/surfaces (like a Reuleaux triangle)?

 

 

 

Surface of constant width - Wikipedia

EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

 

 

 

[AHPP]

Doesn’t have to be a constant width. Broader term for curved faces of any radius. 

[difflock]

Pity the piece I cut in 1/2 and glued end to end before using in the middle, has such a discordant grain.

[Tree monkey 1682]

Wouldn't use it as a chopping block. Known for being a carcinogenic wood

[difflock]

I suspect that is likely to be the least of our worries.