Made a board for my grandpa for his birthday. He's an old Italian guy who likes making his own salami, sopresseta, and other cured meats. Converted an old fridge into a climate controlled curing chamber in the garage. Anyway, I thought he'd like a nice board to serve them on. Here it is just before finishing. This is my first time making and working with inlay. The board is Peruvian walnut and satine. The inlay is maple and padauk. If I would do anything differently, I should have laminated some thin strips of maple on either side of the bloodwood to set it off and add contrast.
Overall, I like how it turned out. Thanks to those of you who offered advice a while back for how to smooth out the inlay with out contaminating the maple with walnut and padauk sanding dust. I ended up getting it almost perfectly flush with a low angle Jack plane and the cleaning it up with a card scraper. First time I'd used one of those. It's gonna change my world.
I'll add some pics of the final board after I get it finished.
Overall, I like how it turned out. Thanks to those of you who offered advice a while back for how to smooth out the inlay with out contaminating the maple with walnut and padauk sanding dust. I ended up getting it almost perfectly flush with a low angle Jack plane and the cleaning it up with a card scraper. First time I'd used one of those. It's gonna change my world.
I'll add some pics of the final board after I get it finished.
