A couple of cheese boards

[Jon]

I recently had a request for a small cheese board which could be easily filled. A quick trip to the cutoff bin revealed a number of sticks that looked like they might work. However, after casting them about on the bench several times no pattern came to the eye. So, as I do in all such cases, I took the pile in the house to present to SWMBO and humbly asked her to cast her "quilter's" on the same. Within 5 minutes the result shown below revealed itself. It started as one long slab that was crosscut and one end rotated. The spalded maple was added as a separator and so it was done.



The other board was made from oak salvaged from a kitchen remodel. The pieces were originally used to trim out the recessed fluorescent lights. The owner was going to use them as a garden stakes if I had no use for them. That was a quick decision. A couple of passes across the jointer, through the planer and the TS for sizing resulted in the second board. The trim is a piece from the cutoff bin of a neighbor. The board was returned to the owner. He was surprised to learn the source of that project but more than pleased to accept the board.

[Herb Stoops]

Excellent,Jon, those patterns are great and the glue up is great too. Using up used material is satisfying also.
HErb

[honesttjohn]

Good job!!!