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   beasleysevin | May 22, 2022 06:07pm | #1

   All of them ,and none of them. Charcuterie boards are for serving. So small chips shouldn't be dislodged by knives and get into the food. Best to use a food safe finish like Osmo, shellac 0r wax. If any pieces of the epoxy do find their way into the served food, they are non-digestible and will pass on through.

   As for volume, it's kind of an eyeball thing. You can take rough measurements of how much space needs to be filled and then mix that amount. Or you can just do multiple pours and get a feel for how much epoxy fills how much of the void and sneak up on it. It can then be sanded and finished like the wood. It will turn opaque with the sanding, but the finish coat should turn it right back to shiny or clear. Good luck with your project and for what it's worth, I am a big fan of the System 3 epoxies. Easy to use - great results.

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   gregchris | May 22, 2022 07:46pm | #2

   Great Tks for the tips

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   ysu65 | May 22, 2022 08:03pm | #3

   Here is a board I just did. Hard to see in this one but I filled some of the cracks with black epoxy. On another board - in progress - I cut walnut plugs to fill loose knot holes. If anyone is interested I can get better pictures and post them.

   
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   rob_ss | May 22, 2022 10:38pm | #4

   Nice work - I'd like to see more.

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   ysu65 | May 23, 2022 08:25am | #5

   Here is one in progress. Scrap off cut from a walnut log, cut into three sections. I am currently working on the top one as seen in picture 2. The large unstable knot was routed out to about 3/16 depth. Next a piece of white paper was taped over the hole and the outline defined by rubbing around the edge with a #2 pencil. This defined the outline for the plug. Next the outline was cut out on the trace, inverted, then stuck on the plug stock with contact cement. Now over to the scroll saw, tilt the table to the left, and cut just inside the paper template. The tapered plug 'should' fit seamlessly into the router hole with a slight tap. Or sometimes with a large blow, or sometimes with a repeat of the above. The last picture shows the plug in the knot hole with some epoxy filling just above it. The plug looks like steamed walnut hence the contrast. This is just a charcuterie board so I am not that concerned with matching things. Next operation will be over to the band saw to trim up the top, then shape the edges with a draw knife, spoke shave, and maybe a touch with the die grinder. Finally, fill any small cracks with more epoxy, then final sanding and a coat of walnut oil. It should be done in a few days and I will update.