Sawed up an oak stump and made a useful kitchen kit for my mother-in-law

My mother-in-law is the best person in the world and she just loves everything that I do with my own hands, so I wanted to give her a small set for the kitchen, which I decided to make from an ordinary stump. For this case, I just had a few dry oak stumps in store. I think the mother-in-law will appreciate such a useful gift and it will take its rightful place in her kitchen.

To realize my plan, I needed to saw the stump lengthwise into small planks (blanks). To do this, I put the stump on the supply board, placing bars under its edges, and tightened a couple of self-tapping screws in the front and back. First of all, stepping back 8-10 cm from the middle of the stump, I marked a straight line with the toe of the saw.

Then, along the marked line, he continued to cut back and forth, gradually sinking the toe of the tire into the stump. So I got an even cut and cut off the excess part. I needed to get the boards as wide as possible, so I started sawing the stump that way.

Further, stepping back from the edge 20 - 25 mm, I repeated exactly the same operation and thus got the first workpiece (using this cutting method, you can even cut small logs into boards). The board turned out to be practically the same thickness (with a small error).

After spending 20 minutes, I made three blanks.

And yet, with the help of an ordinary ax, I broke off a few chips (they will go to smaller products).

Then, having worked a little with the grandfather's plane, he brought the planks into proper form: he planed the surface from two sides, removing the marks from the saw chain, and slightly leveled the plane so that the thickness of the workpieces was more or less uniform. The chips were simply sanded with a grinder until a smooth surface was obtained.

After the material was prepared, using a circular saw and an electric jigsaw, I cut (cut) several blanks of various shapes.

At the end, I processed the edges of the workpieces using a router (on one board I additionally walked around the perimeter with a core mill, stepping back from the edge 7 - 8 mm) and carefully sanded everything. As a result, I got a nice oak kitchen set, which includes a cutting board, a hot plate, two cup coasters and a couple of shoulder blades. My mother-in-law will definitely like such a gift!