American Version of the Chaos Cutting Board

[DWSmith]

I don't usually try different designs preferring to stay with the tried and true designs that have worked so well in the past. So with a little extra time in the shop I decided to give this design a try. Instead of using just two different species of wood, I choose four, maple, mahogany, cherry and walnut. We glued the initial blank then cut and glued the pices an additional four times which resulted in the two boards. The original maker used scraps, I choose to use first quality wood.





If I were to make these again, I would do some assembly and cutting functions somewhat differently with possibly better results.

 

[Jeremy Scuteri]

Woah. That is awesome. :thumbs_up

 

[Phil S]

I like. I assume no two boards would be the same

 

[golfdad]

That is awesome David. Where did you get such a pattern?

 

[DWSmith]

That is awesome David. Where did you get such a pattern?

I saw a video of one made by a Russian. I figured if a Russian can make a small one, I can make a bigger one.

 

[Endless Pursuit]

Just in time for Haloween!

Really cool.

 

[zdorsch]

Absolutely!

Although I wouldn't want to mess up such a good looking cutting board.

 

[dwminnich]

Very cool idea, and nicely done. I haven't made a cutting board in years, but that might be enough to motivate me to try it.


--dave

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[KenOfCary]

Highly eclectic is all I can say. And very nice - guess I did have more to say.

 

[Bill Clemmons]

Excellent workmanship David. I can only imagine the attention to detail this required. :eusa_clap

 

[Sealeveler]

Wow,hard to comment but Bill pretty much covered it.You have more than a generous amount of patience.

Tony

 

[JohnnyR]

David, this is beautiful work. Can you post the video or plans?

 

[Jeremy Scuteri]

I found this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3uYaPgesp0

It was pretty interesting. Lots of cutting the board into strips and gluing back together.

 

[CrealBilly]

Wonderful flat work - chaos is a good name for that piece.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

 

[redknife]

that'll get people talking in the kitchen

 

[Bas]

Saw the video, wow that's a lot of work. The result is definitely spectacular though, nobody is going to understand how it was made.
Flattening the board in between cuts is probably the hardest part, unless you have a wide belt sander of course.

Great choice in wood species!

 

[DWSmith]

One of the knife makers in another forum suggested calling it a Damascus pattern board. The pattern resembles the pattern on a high end Damascus knife, varied and different.

I wish I could adequately describe the methodology I used, I did a few things differently than the Russian to try and minimize the waste factor. He only cut three times after the first gluing, I cut four times. And the wide belt sander makes flattening the raw board much easier.

 

[SubGuy]

And that Russian guy is exactly what I needed for inspiration to get back in the shop. Time to start on Christmas Presents!

 

[Hmerkle]

Thank Zach (I think...)

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