I'm working on a cutting board as a wedding gift. The couple is Irish, and needed some design elements to suit. The edge will be three ribbons of darker wood (walnut, padauk, and walnut again) and the main cutting board area is light (ash).
The hard part is the corners. I'm trying to get some celtic knots going, but this requires extremely accurate sizing, otherwise nothing lines up. The strips of wood are either 3/8" x 1/2" or 1/16" x 1/2". You have to be very careful with clamping when gluing, otherwise everything is off.
Oh and it's end-grain, which just means so much more processing of everything.
The hard part is the corners. I'm trying to get some celtic knots going, but this requires extremely accurate sizing, otherwise nothing lines up. The strips of wood are either 3/8" x 1/2" or 1/16" x 1/2". You have to be very careful with clamping when gluing, otherwise everything is off.
Oh and it's end-grain, which just means so much more processing of everything.