Originally Posted by
Malcolm McLeod
Don't recall anyone mentioning this so far, and not exactly fitting with your initial proposition, but.... If you wanted an inlay to show on both sides:
- make the field board at 1-1/2" thick initially,
- route the (curved?) inlay dado at 1-3/8" deep,
- add glue & fill dado with your contrasting wood of choice (leave it a little proud),
- plane infilled 'front' flat,
- then plane the 'back' down to final 1-1/4" thickness, and so expose the inlay..??
In theory, you could repeat steps 1-4 several times, then step 5 as final - exposing all the infill on back side. I recall the FWW article on similar method, but don't have it in front of me. Seems like the first 4 steps match their method. I just can't remember if they proposed step 5?
I just looked at the Article (FWW, May/June 2013 - "A Unique Cutting Board").
They did not propose step 5. Interesting method, Malcolm.
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