by wood work | Dec 23, 2019 | General
Charcuterie boards and grazing boards are a fun and easy way to serve food to guests. We love them for everything from a casual lunch to a fancy dinner party.
I’ve been wanting to build a grazing board or charcuterie board for a while, but just buying a wide width board (like a 1×12) and cutting a handle and finishing it seemed too simple and can be expensive. Why not use up my scrap wood pile and make a charcuterie board for free?
And why not use different thickness of wood to create recesses in the grazing board?
Easy to Build and Customize
I was able to build this grazing board or charcuterie board in about an hour. It is so easy to build! We love that you can customize it for your own requirements. You can make it long and thin (like I did) for a table runner, or wider and shorter for a coffee table or to haul outdoors for smores. It is VERY easy to customize and you can be creative with your wood piecing to get exactly what you want.
Watch our video tutorial –
How do I finish it so the Grazing Board is food safe?
I finished mine like a tabletop, so it’s wipe clean and food safe (but you wouldn’t want to eat it). Here is an excellent article on food safe finishes that I totally agree with the author – read it, it is worth your time.
Can I make it a different size?
YES, a thousand times YES! You should use your creativity and your scrap wood resources to build a unique to you grazing board! It is VERY easy to customize the size – how is all detailed in the tutorial below.
by wood work | Dec 22, 2019 | General
Charcuterie boards are a fun and easy way to serve food to guests. We love charcuterie boards for everything from a casual lunch to a fancy dinner party.
I’ve been wanting to build a charcuterie board for a while, but just buying a wide width board (like a 1×12) and cutting a handle and finishing it seemed too simple and can be expensive. Why not use up my scrap wood pile and make a charcuterie board for free?
And why not use different thickness of wood to create recesses in the board?
Easy to Build and Customize
I was able to build this charcuterie board in about an hour. It is so easy to build! We love that you can customize it for your own requirements. You can make it long and thin (like I did) for a table runner, or wider and shorter for a coffee table or to haul outdoors for smores. It is VERY easy to customize and you can be creative with your wood piecing to get exactly what you want.
Watch our video tutorial –
And build it yourself with the free plans below –
by wood work | Dec 21, 2019 | General
Build your own rustic wooden candle holders using scrap or reclaimed wood. These wood candle holders are so easy to make and add a rustic wood touch to your home.
Wood Candle Holder Features
- Easy to build
- Perfect scrap wood project
- Fits any candle up to 3-1/2″ diameter
- Solid wood design
- Adds wood texture and character to your home
- Paint or stain any color
- Can be built any height that is stable (if building taller, you’d want to build a bigger base)
More Photos and Build Post
This free woodworking plan is brought to you by Jaime Costiglio for our Handbuilt Holiday series. This is our seventh year of giving you a new, free gift plan in the 12 Fridays leading up to Christmas. You can see all our past Handbuilt Holiday plans here.
Jaime Costiglio built these wood candle holders and has lots more photos of both the build process and the final wooden candle holders. Please stop over and check out her post before the plans.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS AT JAIMECOSTIGLIO.COM
by wood work | Dec 17, 2019 | General
My friend needed a new dining table. Up here in rural Alaska, it’s hard to find nice furniture and shipping is expensive. So I built her a new industrial farmhouse table. I’ll update with more pictures when we get some, but it is so beautiful!
This table is different than our original Benchwright Industrial Dining table in that I built this table with solid 4×4 legs. Also, the top is super smooth – my friend has a family of 7 and keeping things easy to clean is essential.
Here’s the video of how we built this table:
And the plans are below. Note that I did make some small changes in the plans in areas that I felt could be improved.
What did you use for the pipe?
I used two pieces of 36″ long iron pipe in 1/2″ diameter. I used a union and end plugs. This all should be available at most hardware stores.
I wanted to also share with you this table built by VBQuick1 over at Lumberjocks
The turnbuckle is two nuts welded together with flat bar. More info here.
by wood work | Dec 13, 2019 | General
No one wants to be rude and reach across the table. You can build your own tabletop lazy susan turntable with just a couple of boards in an hour! Our free plans make it easy.
We love the modern, octagon shape of this lazy susan turntable. And it’s less expensive to make than a circular turntable top.
More Photos and Build Post
This project plan was created in collaboration with Jaime Costiglio for Handbuilt Holiday – our Holiday series where we bring you a new, free gift plan in the 12 Fridays leading up to Christmas.
Please click here for more photos and build post at JaimeCostiglio.com
