A Different Kind of Cheeseboard

[John Hart]

So a couple months before Christmas, a friend asked me to make some cheeseboards. Nothing fancy...just a few gifts. So I did. Flatwork....yuk.

But I had an idea.

So I took one of the cheeseboards and chopped it up and re-glued the pieces together in a checkerboard pattern...then embedded it into a 2" thick piece of cherry.

Then I let the wood show me the way.

Here's how it turned out.

Walnut...Maple...Cherry....finished in Orange Oil and beeswax

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[Adam Herman]

love it! very clever. I always hate how the crackers slide off of the flat boards and end up using a bowl.

[Brett Luna]

That is really quite spiffy. It really stands apart from other mitered, segmented turnings.

[Eric Gourieux]

Very creative. It's a good way to integrate the dreaded "flat" work into your turning.

[Stan Calow]

great idea! Like Adam said, keeps the crackers orderly.

[William C Rogers]

Great original idea. Ptacticle and unique. Nice job turning flatwork.

[George Conklin]

Well, it sure does look like you've kept your turning skills up, John.

[John Hart]

Thanks everyone for all your kind words.
It really was a lot of fun. It'll make a nice surprise gift for someone.
Pretty easy though. Maybe even easier than a bowl.

[Mel Fulks]

And the pattern will overpower any knife marks!

[John Hart]

Thats true Mel. The checkerboard is all end grain so knife marks are minimalized
Nice feature and impressive that you called that out

[Damon McLaughlin]

Creative idea, very nice

[Bill ThompsonNM]

That's super! When I read the title I didn't imagine it would be something so different and elegant!

[Steve Peterson]

I like it a lot.

Steve

[Robert Marshall]

Very handsome!

What is the overall diameter, and the diameter of the checkerboard inset?

Thanks!

[John Hart]

Thanks again all

Robert...it is 12" overall and the inset is 7"