Hey buddies!
Right now Matt & I are sharing a easy tutorial on how you can make a farmhouse slicing board. He loves working together with his palms and woodworking is a favourite outlet for him. When the thought got here up for this mission I instantly knew I needed the slicing board to be within the form of a pig. I’ve a really clear reminiscence of sitting at my grandmother’s breakfast bar consuming cereal and admiring her darkish wooden pig formed slicing board hanging on the wall.
Right here is an inspiration picture from Andrea’s weblog Pine and Prospect House. I like the aged patina on these giant slicing boards!
First, he began with some slim strips of walnut from my Dad. Walnut is a dense, laborious wooden and an important selection for a slicing board.
To connect the strips Matt glued them along with Titebond 111, an excellent robust wooden glue and clamped the items collectively to dry.
Within the meantime, I labored on a top level view sketch of the pig. As you may see I performed round with the tail design earlier than deciding that curly was finest!
As soon as the boards had been dry and the sketch drawn on to the boards, Matt minimize alongside the drawn line together with his jigsaw.
You possibly can see the pig taking form!
As soon as the pig was minimize out (and a gap punched for his curly tail) the following step was to calmly sand the perimeters to clean them off, then to seal the wooden with a meals protected oil.
This step introduced the wealthy shade and great thing about the wooden to life. As soon as the slicing board was nicely sealed/oiled and able to use it discovered a outstanding place on our countertop. Regardless that this mission was accomplished a number of years in the past (earlier than the kitchen rework) I nonetheless love how the slicing board turned out and I exploit it each week!
I hope this straightforward DIY slicing board tutorial was useful and inspirational for including a private, sensible contact to your kitchen! Till subsequent time, take care,
Rachel
