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Making rustic wooden boards
Today I'm coming to you with a project I started a couple weeks ago. The first spring sunshine had made an appearance and drove me from the house to the garden. On my venture I found a slice from a maple stump and whimsically decided to turn it into a serving/chopping board.
I launched into it and started to plane the slice to create a leveled, smooth surface. Some time after, I realised the woodworm has eaten right through the slice in a few places. I decided to cut it in half to avoid most of the woodworm damage.
The photos below show the piece I chose to work with (from the front and the back). You can see how rough the surface is from the chainsaw.
It's still fuzzy, but look how much smoother the surface is after planing. I removed some woodworm damage at the top and shaped the edges.
To get a nice smooth finish sanding will be required. Followed by a coat of oil to bring the detail of the wood out. Every time I begin a new project, it gets put on hold and replaced with another. I like to work by letting every day flow naturally. Most things end up finished, in their own time.
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