by hupka | Aug 30, 2016 | Bloodwood, Cheese Board, Cutting Boards, End grain, Information, Purple Heart
Fresh batch of 16 more cutting boards, trivets and cheese boards under clamps and ready to be surfaced and shaped. We are incorporating more of the purple heart and bloodwood that we posted about earlier this week as well as some beautiful cherry we received from DRB...
by hupka | Aug 28, 2016 | Bottle Topper, Cheese Board, Country, Cutting Boards, End grain, Events, Frames, Information, Kitchenware, Lath, Lathe, Wall Mount
We should have almost 70 cutting boards prepped and ready to be displayed at the Arts Barn Fall Festival on September 25th in Orwigsburg. Come on down and check them out along with the wine bottle toppers, garden tools, pizza cutters, ice cream scoops, cheese knives,...
by hupka | Aug 12, 2016 | Cutting Boards, End grain, Hickory
This beautiful hickory was glued up last night as part of my prep for the Arts Barn Festival in September. I think it will make some very nice end grain cutting blocks when finished. Hickory is pretty heavy for its relative size and makes for a very solid and long...
by hupka | Aug 10, 2016 | Care and Maintenance, Cutting Boards, End grain, Information, Woodshop
I get asked quite a bit about why an end grain cutting board would be worth the extra money I charge. Is it purely a design feature that takes longer to make? Not at all. End grain boards are absolutely a functional feature that increases the life of the board/block....
by hupka | Aug 10, 2016 | Cheese Board, Cherry, Country, Cutting Boards, End grain, Events, Maple, Walnut, Woodshop
In preparation for the Arts Barn Festival on September 25th I’m retooling my focus and gearing up to increase my inventor . Tonight I planed down another round of glue ups for cutting boards and trivet designs. Even a few end grain pieces in there from some nice...
