Large Serving Piece
I started making these about 5 years ago, after seeing a similar piece made on a woodworking TV show. The problem I have ... is the name. When I started making these, uh, LSPs, people started calling them Surfboards because they have a curvy shape … and we’re in SoCal. We have surfers here, you see. Deal with it. So, these were called Surfboards for a couple of years. Then I thought that they weren’t really shaped like surfboards – especially when I started making true surfboard-shaped cutting boards, so I started calling these Cheese & Cracker Servers. Which is true … but limiting. Some people use these to serve the entree. Or the dessert. Whatever. They work great as Cheese & Cracker Servers, of course … but that’s not all that they are. So, for now, I call them Large Serving Pieces. You can call yours whatever you want! Making these puts a LOT of sawdust into the shop, because each edge of each piece has to go across the table saw blade at an oblique angle multiple times. Th