Charcuterie Board Fail

So I’ve been wanting to do a charcuterie board for a bit and finally decided to knock it out.

Edge grain walnut, hand sketched and freehand cut on bandsaw.

I also really wanted to do some of the “Litchenberg Figure”, but did a bunch of research on it and really don’t want to be playing with that many volts of electricity. Alternatively I came up with the idea of creating a Litchenberg Figure graphic and using my laser engraver to engrave it into the wood which not only let me control exactly where I wanted it but it’s also about a million times safer lol.

Then came the epoxy pour. This is my first time using epoxy in woodworking. The pour went fine and I was digging the color. But after planing and sanding process it lost all the color almost. I’m guessing I didn’t mix the epoxy and color together properly or my engraving wasn’t deep enough. Still turned out decent and I’ll still use it, but time to try again lol.

That's very cool.

Thanks bud, really liking the possibilities of the epoxy. I want to do a big river table and replace our cheap dinning room table. I have a few walnut slabs drying, but I don't think any of them are long enough.

Way better than my first try, I'm sure. Well done.

I have a friend in Kansas who's started doing this He's been clearing some of his land and after purchasing his own sawmill, has really gotten into making these- he has gotten quite good, even selling in local cheese shops, etc. Depending on size, they go anywhere from $60-120! I'm sure he'd be happy to share his lessons learned if you would like me to facilitate link-up. No expectations, just shoot me a PM if interested.

Don’t look like a fail to me….

Kind of looks like you cut a guitar in half. Looks cool though.

Thanks bud, I’m always willing to learn what I’m doing wrong. PM incoming.


I guess it’s more so an epoxy fail than a charcuterie board fail. The board is fine and usable.



That’s actually what I told my wife. My 3 YO son said it looks like a tooth.

LMAO

Me neither!

If you are doing to be a bear be a grizzly, take that idea and enlarge by 36” . Add turn table to bottom

Lol I couldn’t afford to buy all the stuff to put on it have a hard time filling my cutting board and it’s only 24”x18”

That was a soccer party, we just told everyone one to bring something. I think there is 4 kinds of venison sausage on there

I messed around with Lichtenberg wood burning a few years ago. Definitely not something to do with other people around. It can definitely kill you quickly. I built mine from 2 microwaves, it was sketchy, but worked well.

I don't know if I'd call that a fail, but Jason has a good point. Lol.

Yea, I ain't even going to try it. I'd probably electrocute the [censored] out of myself.

I think you need more depth, looks like you sanded most of the epoxy off during your finishing

Yep that’s what I’m thinking too. Need more powerful laser to cut any deeper. If I go too slow it catches the wood on fire lol.

Yep - another two just learned that the hard way ...https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/...arathon-County-while-making-17119298.php

Damn.... RIP

I actually didn’t like this one and since it was test piece I just freehanded a River with my router and repoured the epoxy. Haven’t had time to finish it out but it turned out better than the other.

Les Paul cheese board

Tell whoever buys it to not put it in the dishwasher. That’s something I didn’t tell a daughter.

Lol yea it does look like it.


Lol won't be selling this one, it is a test piece, might give it away when I'm done.

Make one in blue and I will pay you for it

I can handle that.

I like it and add some white drips please in that blue river

You want it to look like Judd was there?

If you mean a lot like your chin...yes.

Too bad the black powder method doesn't go deep enough, it looks cool too and less dangerous to do.

Looks good to me

That could double as a spanking board if you and the wife are into that