I had that same thought, but I’m running 4, 3.3V diodes per parallel branch/arm/whatever, with a 12V power supply, so the calculations I’ve seen for determining the appropriate resistor tell me this doesn’t need any.

It felt wrong, but I wanted to see if it would light up, and it did! I tried to wrap this concern into the “is it going to start on fire?” Bit lol

And then cut it to shape?

Yeah it’s gonna be work

Yeah, I don’t want to destroy the planer

Forgot to include these

I swear that was not intentional, a happy accident

I love it

Lol I’m glad it’s appreciated. The real reason is that I’m impatient AND crave external validation

Hard maple

Two options, patient and impatient. Patient is taking the time to properly apply the many the recommended coats of tung oil, since I’ve got some that’s cut with citrus oil and it looks and smells heavenly. Impatient is a 50/50 beeswax and mineral oil mix I made, quick and easy to apply, 85% as good looking as the tung oil, with like 1% the effort

Like, instead of one, large 2" slice, two 1" slices, rotated 180° relative to each other?

I’m specifically wondering about an end-grain cutting board, but that’s really good looking!

Two things:

1. sick username

2. do you have any pictures handy? I couldn’t find a single image of a cutting board like I’m imagining

I don’t think I’m describing my question clearly. I’m imagining a 2" thick cutting board made up of 4, 6"×12" end grain slices from the beam.

Every end grain cutting board I’ve ever seen is comprised of many individual pieces from like .5"×.5" up to like 2"×2" at the largest.

Is checking the only risk from using very large pieces, like I want to?

I’m glad you agree. I’m just curious what it will be like working with a wood that’s got a ~2700 janka hardness.

IF this project ever actually comes to fruition, I’m considering just burnishing as a finish, but that’s waaaaaayyyyyy far off

This was a wonderful comment to read and video to watch, thank you

Ohhhhhh the bernoulli effect?

Why so far from the window?

I’m really glad to hear you like it! I’m glad it gives off that impression, because a not insignificant amount of time was spent finessing each individual joint

I eased the edge by hand with sandpaper, but I wanted it to look as unadulterated as possible. It’s a trade-off, for sure