Gorgeous Deborah the Cutting Board - Design Tech 2022 Project

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For our first design tech project, we were supposed to create a cutting board using three types of wood, and the tools and machines we had available at the high school's tinker lab. 

Our cutting boards took seven classes to make. The first steps of our project were to pick a partner, draw a template of what the design would look like, and make a list of all the wood materials we would need. We had choices between three types of wood: maple, cherry, and walnut, each of which I used in my cutting board. I worked with Sophia O. to build our cutting boards. 

After our wood arrived, we spent a class period cutting it into pieces that would fit together into our design. We glued the pieces together and planed the board, and then we sanded it down. After we sanded it for the first time, we used a router to round the edges of our boards, and then sanded them some more. After our last sanding was done, we went outside and used finishing oil to glaze our boards, which made the wood look more vibrant and colorful as well. Then we used steel wool to burnish our boards, applied finishing oil again, and then burnished it using the steel wool one last time. At the end of our endeavors, our cutting boards all looked really unique and beautiful. 

My favorite process was applying the finishing oil because you could literally see the colors take shape and become more and more vibrant. The walnut wood got really dark, and it looked so glossy and burnished, which was really amazing to watch. 

The hardest process was using the router because our board had been a little warped by the damp air outside. Our routing looked uneven and not as good as it could have, but we got past it, and it ended up not making much of a difference at all. 

One thing I would have changed is I would probably make sure that the cutting board didn't get as warped because I really wish that the routing had gone a little better. 

After it's completely finished, I'm probably going to use it as decoration because I wouldn't really want to have it get cracked or chipped. Below are two pictures of my cutting board: 

 



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