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City Council decided to cut down a 20 y/o tree in front of the shop i work at, and i got this slab as a memento, what is the process of turning this into chopping board? (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 days ago by psx_crab@lemmy.zip to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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Or at least, a side table. What is the process of doing that? I have basic hand tool for working on some other small project, a small circular saw(that attached to a marble cutter), and an electric planer, what else would i need?

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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yup, at least a year and probably more, and it will split because that’s what giant “cookies” like this do.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

you can cut a radius line to at least protect the part of the pattern that pleases you most. Instead of splitting arbitrarily from a couple of places, the wood will just widen the cut and dry relatively intact

like this ☞ 2025-08-16-a

but with a slab like this, i would have rather cut a diameter to try to keep one side intact (or 2 sides) 2025-08-16-b

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can get some wax paint that's supposed to prevent checking, but it didn't help with some logs I was drying.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

That can help a lot with linear boards, but if you try to force this thing to dry only through the side grain, it’s almost literally never going to dry.

The other poster who recommends guiding the checking is onto something, but “rustic” (or something building upon that) is really going to be the only viable aesthetic here.