Diy Pineapple Cutting Board
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
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Contributor post service by Caitlin of The Merrythought
One of the things that I never appear to convey plenty of is cutting boards. Aside from every twenty-four hours use, I utilisation them all the fourth dimension for photoshoot styling in addition to parties. They're actually slow to brand at domicile in addition to it's overnice to convey a diversity of sizes in addition to shapes. Since pineapple patterns appear to live on popping upwards all over the meshing inwards shops in addition to blogs, I idea a pineapple cutting board would live on the perfect add-on to my collection!
What you lot need:
-Piece of Hardwood (I used maple)
-Printer
-Pencil
-Scroll Saw
-Belt Sander
-Sandpaper
-Butcher Block Finish
-Pineapple icon (download PDF file here)
How to brand it:
-Print out your pineapple. You tin download the icon I used. (This PDF icon volition gibe on a 6" broad slice of woods - you lot tin enlarge the icon if you lot desire a larger cutting board.)
-Trace pineapple onto the wood.
-Cut out the sort using a scroll saw. If you lot don't cutting correct along the draw of piece of job inwards approximately spots, you lot tin touching on it upwards amongst the belt sander inwards the adjacent step.
-Use a belt sander to smoothen out the sides. I used a regular size sander for the bottom purpose in addition to a 1" belt sander for the top.
-Use a slice of sand newspaper to circular the edges of the board.
-Wipe off the board in addition to thus apply butcher block crude oil or conditioner according to directions.
About the Contributor
Caitlin McGrath lives inwards a small-scale town inwards Western New York. When her expression upwards isn't hidden behind her camera, she's usually crafting in addition to daydreaming for The Merrythought, where she is a purpose of the 3 lady squad sharing DIY projects, recipes, fashion, domicile décor & in addition to bits of daily life.
One of the things that I never appear to convey plenty of is cutting boards. Aside from every twenty-four hours use, I utilisation them all the fourth dimension for photoshoot styling in addition to parties. They're actually slow to brand at domicile in addition to it's overnice to convey a diversity of sizes in addition to shapes. Since pineapple patterns appear to live on popping upwards all over the meshing inwards shops in addition to blogs, I idea a pineapple cutting board would live on the perfect add-on to my collection!
What you lot need:
-Piece of Hardwood (I used maple)
-Printer
-Pencil
-Scroll Saw
-Belt Sander
-Sandpaper
-Butcher Block Finish
-Pineapple icon (download PDF file here)
How to brand it:
-Print out your pineapple. You tin download the icon I used. (This PDF icon volition gibe on a 6" broad slice of woods - you lot tin enlarge the icon if you lot desire a larger cutting board.)
-Trace pineapple onto the wood.
-Cut out the sort using a scroll saw. If you lot don't cutting correct along the draw of piece of job inwards approximately spots, you lot tin touching on it upwards amongst the belt sander inwards the adjacent step.
-Use a belt sander to smoothen out the sides. I used a regular size sander for the bottom purpose in addition to a 1" belt sander for the top.
-Use a slice of sand newspaper to circular the edges of the board.
-Wipe off the board in addition to thus apply butcher block crude oil or conditioner according to directions.
About the Contributor
Caitlin McGrath lives inwards a small-scale town inwards Western New York. When her expression upwards isn't hidden behind her camera, she's usually crafting in addition to daydreaming for The Merrythought, where she is a purpose of the 3 lady squad sharing DIY projects, recipes, fashion, domicile décor & in addition to bits of daily life.