Hickory Chopping Block How-To

Finished product

So the plan here is to describe how to make an end grain chopping block. If you just want to check out pictures of it in its finished form, check out the other post.

Hickory End Grain Chopping Block Finished Post

Okay, new thing, there's going to be two posts on this chopping block. This one is just pictures and general description, the other will be a step-by-step of it how it was made.

Hickory Wine Cork Trivet

So I made another wine cork trivet. The design is essentially the same as the last one: hardwood border with mitred corners, wine cork center to safely lift hot pots and pans above the wood. This one I made from hickory, which is a very hard domestic hardwood with brown coloring and dark brown streaking grain patterning. It's for sale over at Etsy. More pics after the jump: