More wood

Having not been in the Workshop for a few days I spent the morning finishing the largest of the Wild Service Tree serving boards. I have decided to give them all a fine coat of varnish as the wood is quite soft and is liable to stain. Now I have six WST boards in stock, together with the Beech wood cheese board and the Hornbeam chopping block.

This afternoon I went over to Wests at Selham, I spent a small Premium Bond win on a Sycamore round - 13 inch and a smaller 12 inch English Oak round as I would like to see what this would be like to work. Having paid for these I couldn't resist temptation so went back into the wood store. I was really after a large piece of oak to create a board a bit like Jamie Oliver's Tablet board http://www.jamieoliver.com/jme/kitchen/info/tablet-wood-chopping-board-large/100029.html but there wasn't anything wide enough.

However I saw a pile of Ash wood squares so bought another piece. The Ash had been air dried so hopefully this won't warp. It still has the bark on and is nice and chunky. I will think about how to treat this. Shall I take the bark off or carefully remove it and stick it back on after finishing the block? Decisions.

I am building up enough boards and blocks so that I can have a stall - possibly at a West Chiltington Farmer's Market who have crafts as well as produce.