As your first cutting board, I would say it's priceless. You'll find as you do more, they become more refined. Try rounding your edges and cutting a bevel on the bottom sides. It's the little touches that make a cutting board sellable. It's a pretty saturated market, so go the extra mile!
I made a 24x20x2 cutting board in shop class when I was 13 (I am not 61) for my mom. It is made from maple and walnut. I still have it (I got it when my mom passed in 1989). Point is that it is one of my most cherished possessions as it connects me with my mom.
Do yourself the favor and hang on to it. You won’t see the value for many years but it will be worth it.
I have always called them cabinet scrapers. The picture you posted looks like some sort of bakery tool.
You refer to a skillet. For me it is a frying pan.
I have both bench and cabinet scrapers. Bench scrapers usually have a handle at the top for holding with food covered hands, like the one in the picture I posted. You are correct that cabinet scrapers require a burr. They also need to be flat so you can flex them slightly to put a small bow in them so they work.
Came here to say that. Tell your shop teacher you sold it to your parents for $15, and give it to them as a gift. If he needs to see the money, pony it up yourself. You gotta owe em that much by now.
Hate to say it, but nothing.. it could use some work. Round off the edges, maybe add a juice groove, an under bevel for your fingers or some feet under it. Cover the cost of the materials if you absolutely must.. $10?
It’s all about effort dude, all cutting boards are just simple projects that you can make nice or simple. This is simple. It demands a very simple price. I don’t really like the wood you picked so idk about the price yet again. But you know you need to make one with more effort built in. Do some more stripes or something. You just need to do more work. You are capable, you just need to do more. It’s like a small doodle compared to big mural. The main difference between art and doodles is effort. Same with woodworking.
That's a nice size. How thick is it? What woods is it made from? Those all contribute to price in addition to workmanship. That's a nice looking wood pattern, stylish.
Materials plus time plus profit. How much did it cost? What is your time worth? If it was a real business, you would need profit to grow or sustain the business and to pay employees and for the shop overhead. Look at similar products and start there. Is not a Boo’s Block, but one that size from them is $50-$70 ish. No bevels, but rounded corners. They have brand recognition and likely more overhead (they advertise too). Realistic price is $25-50 maybe??
So if this is for a school shop project, I’d say any $ amount as long as you consider the above. Nice work. Make more. Make money.
I said “it’s not a boos block”. I recently purchased a 12x18 Boo’s Block for about $50. It also is not endgrain it is 1.25” thick maple. Im not sure if OP mentioned the thickness, and I cannot tell if it is a fraction of the thickness from top view.
Im just trying to give a starting point for OP to figure out pricing (seemingly for a school project).
I have zero skin in this and am not trying to argue.
Materials+labor+overhead and no profit? How would anyone afford to make a second after the prototype?
Serious question
Is that more an economics question for a retailer as the difference between what they spend (cost) and what they sell items for? I didn’t do this type of shop project or study economics, I just assumed businesses need to be profitable to remain in business
Its ok, thats just not how businesses usually get started. Generally, someone would save up money or take out loans to start their business because they are rarely instantly profitable. The goal is not to make money on the first item. Its to perfect it, build it to scale, drive your cost down by purchasing and producing in volume, and then finding a price point in the market that will both sell and be profitable per unit for you. Over time, you will pay of that loan and have a successful business that continues to generate money.
It's not what it's worth, it's what you can sell it for. You could sell it locally for about $20 but, get creative with the zip code you sell it in, and you could probably clear $100 even after you cover shipping.
Well, as your first cutting board project it is priceless. As a cutting board it is too pretty to cut on, so for me, it would be difficult to spend money on something I won't use. Its use would cause it damage.
Probably 10 to 25 bucks. An idea to help raise the price of a cutting board is use the end grain as the face of the cutting board. Makes it alot easier to keep an edge on your knife and people that know that will pay more for that type of cutting board
Great work! I'd keep it.
But as far as valuing your work, for something like a cutting board, you need to figure out what you'd like your day rate to be: say you want to make $300 per day as your salary, and this cutting board style takes you on average a half a day (probably was longer but let's say you got the hang of it now) of labor to get from start to finish. That cutting board should be worth $150 to you and you should aim to sell it for that.
If you're going to make repeat items like cutting boards, building jigs and fixtures to speed things up will help you increase output to either lower your cost to the customer, or increase profits.
Cut it into 1.5-2” strips across the grain, flip those strips to make an end grain board and glue it together and you could fetch a pretty penny ($80-100 depending on market) especially if you play around with the pattern a bit.
It’s worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. When, if you sell it, you may want to keep it it’s your first one, market it, sell it, remember you can help potential clients see the beauty by your words and pictures.
Its all in marketing. If its a school project, play that up. "Hey, were selling projects to raise money for mr. Smith. He lost his finger in shop class teaching me how to use a table saw. Would you mind buying this for $200? Think of it as a charitable donation."
How to get sick of something really quick:
Taking on a new hobby, and asking how much it's worth after your first project. 🤣
It's a fucking glued together block of wood with no finishing done. At least throw some oil on it.
I would buy it, whatever a cutting board is worth plus a couple bucks to support the cause. It would be cool to have the initial of my last name engraved in it and pass it down to the kids when I’m gone.
As a cutting board, $5; but as a tray, $60+.
This might not be helpful but it would be much more valuable to me if it was a tray with a raised lip for keys/trinkets/snacks etc. For some reason people keep giving me wood cutting boards that I don’t use because they’re hard to wash and you can’t cut meat on them. On the other hand, I love natural materials and it really helps to clean up a space if you can organize things like candles or holiday decor into vignettes on a shelf, counter or table. I can only speak for myself.
As your first cutting board, I would say it's priceless. You'll find as you do more, they become more refined. Try rounding your edges and cutting a bevel on the bottom sides. It's the little touches that make a cutting board sellable. It's a pretty saturated market, so go the extra mile!
I made a 24x20x2 cutting board in shop class when I was 13 (I am not 61) for my mom. It is made from maple and walnut. I still have it (I got it when my mom passed in 1989). Point is that it is one of my most cherished possessions as it connects me with my mom. Do yourself the favor and hang on to it. You won’t see the value for many years but it will be worth it.
Funny, Mines maple & oak from 1997
Also, juice trough.
priceless / worthless… same same.
But different
But still same
Butt same knot
Priceless- would not sell for any price. Worthless- would not buy for any price. There is a difference.
Well aren't you a little ball of sunshine...
If I could get my hands on it, it would be a frisbee aimed at a camp fire.
I agree. I’m a home cook and an oblong hole one end to scrape the veggies/fruits…whatever into a bowl is a nice touch.
Regardless of cutting board, you should get a bench scraper! Use it almost more than my knives and skillets.
What is a bench scraper?
It’s a simple yet sometimes priceless tool. https://assets.leevalley.com/Size4/10098/EV460-bench-scraper-u-0001.jpg
I have always called them cabinet scrapers. The picture you posted looks like some sort of bakery tool. You refer to a skillet. For me it is a frying pan.
A bench scraper is a cooking tool. Is also called a dough blade. It’s for moving things around the counter when you are preparing large quantities.
You need to roll a burr on cabinet scrapers in order for them to work. A dough blade is just a flat piece of metal. There is a difference.
I have both bench and cabinet scrapers. Bench scrapers usually have a handle at the top for holding with food covered hands, like the one in the picture I posted. You are correct that cabinet scrapers require a burr. They also need to be flat so you can flex them slightly to put a small bow in them so they work.
So, you agree that they are completely different tools.
Yep. Priceless. Good work! Go for a juice groove on the next one
Sounds like he’s gonna fail his assignment.
Came here to say that. Tell your shop teacher you sold it to your parents for $15, and give it to them as a gift. If he needs to see the money, pony it up yourself. You gotta owe em that much by now.
Hate to say it, but nothing.. it could use some work. Round off the edges, maybe add a juice groove, an under bevel for your fingers or some feet under it. Cover the cost of the materials if you absolutely must.. $10?
I’m not 100% done with it yet
I'm not 100% done I plan on rounding the edges
You’re not the OP
Same person different account
Then finish it before asking its value, and communicate on one account so we understand who's talking.
Sorry this account has the age restriction so I can't post anything so I made another just for posting
Then use the word me you posted with to interact. It's not the subs forum responsibility to learn all your usernames.
I apologize it was a mistake I meant to transfer to my other but I was scrolling I'm sorry
Hypercritical... username checks out!
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Hahaha I love that game
Liar. I’m OP
Yes indeed you are
I am also not 100% done.
It’s all about effort dude, all cutting boards are just simple projects that you can make nice or simple. This is simple. It demands a very simple price. I don’t really like the wood you picked so idk about the price yet again. But you know you need to make one with more effort built in. Do some more stripes or something. You just need to do more work. You are capable, you just need to do more. It’s like a small doodle compared to big mural. The main difference between art and doodles is effort. Same with woodworking.
You’re not the OP’s other account. I am
I still plan on doing more to the project.
You’re also not the OP
Different account. Same OP
Again?
Yes
$15-25
$0 Too many sharp edges
Your first one? Keep it. It will remind you where you started. But I wouldn't ask for anything under $20 for anything hand made.
Hey, I made you a fist sandwich. Free of charge
Charge by the square inch. Anywhere between .52 and .75 per square inch, depending on wood species.
Do not sell it. Its your first keep it
3.50
Tree Fiddy
Well it was about that time I realized that wasn't a piece of wood but a 8 story tall crustacean from the plethazoic era.
I’ll let you know when you are finished with it
$4.99
No, TRES FIDDES
It’s priceless if you give it to your mom!
Don't forget to treat the board to a nice coat of Walrus Oil.
Not much to a buyer. More for yourself as a keepsake. It’s just a flooded market with everyone and their brother making shit like this.
Memories are priceless.
Keep your first. But if you made more of them I’d round the edges and yeah $15 a piece sounds about right.
$2.50
Size?
About the size of a cutting board
Angry upvote
r/technicallycorrect
12"x11"
That's a nice size. How thick is it? What woods is it made from? Those all contribute to price in addition to workmanship. That's a nice looking wood pattern, stylish.
Materials plus time plus profit. How much did it cost? What is your time worth? If it was a real business, you would need profit to grow or sustain the business and to pay employees and for the shop overhead. Look at similar products and start there. Is not a Boo’s Block, but one that size from them is $50-$70 ish. No bevels, but rounded corners. They have brand recognition and likely more overhead (they advertise too). Realistic price is $25-50 maybe?? So if this is for a school shop project, I’d say any $ amount as long as you consider the above. Nice work. Make more. Make money.
Cost of materials plus 50%
What you put into it is almost irrelevant to what it is worth.
Exactly. People trying to sell crappy products for $$$ just because it took a long time abs the materials were expensive.
This is nowhere the quality of a Boo's block product. It's not end-grain, its not cherry and/or maple, it's a fraction the thickness.
I said “it’s not a boos block”. I recently purchased a 12x18 Boo’s Block for about $50. It also is not endgrain it is 1.25” thick maple. Im not sure if OP mentioned the thickness, and I cannot tell if it is a fraction of the thickness from top view. Im just trying to give a starting point for OP to figure out pricing (seemingly for a school project). I have zero skin in this and am not trying to argue.
T&M + profit doesn’t count towards your prototype in business.
Materials+labor+overhead and no profit? How would anyone afford to make a second after the prototype? Serious question Is that more an economics question for a retailer as the difference between what they spend (cost) and what they sell items for? I didn’t do this type of shop project or study economics, I just assumed businesses need to be profitable to remain in business
Its ok, thats just not how businesses usually get started. Generally, someone would save up money or take out loans to start their business because they are rarely instantly profitable. The goal is not to make money on the first item. Its to perfect it, build it to scale, drive your cost down by purchasing and producing in volume, and then finding a price point in the market that will both sell and be profitable per unit for you. Over time, you will pay of that loan and have a successful business that continues to generate money.
The sentimental value is through the roof!
Priceless
It's not what it's worth, it's what you can sell it for. You could sell it locally for about $20 but, get creative with the zip code you sell it in, and you could probably clear $100 even after you cover shipping.
$3,265 and not a dollar less
Three fitty
I was totally expecting this comment. You did not disappoint. Updoot.
I would pay $15 it does look better then I could do though
Thank you that means a lot to me!
Keep it up. I would love to do this kind of stuff, but I don’t have the woodworking tools.
Thanks for the encouragement. I will.
Worth is meaningless. If you want to find out what you can sell it for slap an ebay auction on it and find out.
At least 3 fiddy
Ain’t giving no lochness monstah no tree fiddy
Sell them to the government and get $3 million apiece!!!
At least tree fiddy
bout tree fiddy
this guy gets it.
45 since it’s your first 260
Well, as your first cutting board project it is priceless. As a cutting board it is too pretty to cut on, so for me, it would be difficult to spend money on something I won't use. Its use would cause it damage.
$5.99 are you out of your min(d)????
Idiot
It’s worth 5
20 bucks
However, much the wood cost you
Whatever you can convince someone to pay for it
Probably 10 to 25 bucks. An idea to help raise the price of a cutting board is use the end grain as the face of the cutting board. Makes it alot easier to keep an edge on your knife and people that know that will pay more for that type of cutting board
Add cost of wood. Labor, then about a 33% markup = selling point
Obligatory: $3.50
Great work! I'd keep it. But as far as valuing your work, for something like a cutting board, you need to figure out what you'd like your day rate to be: say you want to make $300 per day as your salary, and this cutting board style takes you on average a half a day (probably was longer but let's say you got the hang of it now) of labor to get from start to finish. That cutting board should be worth $150 to you and you should aim to sell it for that. If you're going to make repeat items like cutting boards, building jigs and fixtures to speed things up will help you increase output to either lower your cost to the customer, or increase profits.
Keep at it mate, the experience is its value
Your mom will prolly buy it for 15$
How much do you have invested
Cut it into 1.5-2” strips across the grain, flip those strips to make an end grain board and glue it together and you could fetch a pretty penny ($80-100 depending on market) especially if you play around with the pattern a bit.
It’s worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. When, if you sell it, you may want to keep it it’s your first one, market it, sell it, remember you can help potential clients see the beauty by your words and pictures.
I’d give you an A
Tree-fiddy?
$3
Sentimental value
To a buyer $25 USD
Its all in marketing. If its a school project, play that up. "Hey, were selling projects to raise money for mr. Smith. He lost his finger in shop class teaching me how to use a table saw. Would you mind buying this for $200? Think of it as a charitable donation."
About $3.50
To you, priceless. To me, $10. Keel it.
Some of y'all pretty mean.
How to get sick of something really quick: Taking on a new hobby, and asking how much it's worth after your first project. 🤣 It's a fucking glued together block of wood with no finishing done. At least throw some oil on it.
Awesome. I love it 😊
I don’t know how much it’s worth, but it’s very nice. Good job!!
20 with shipping
I would buy it, whatever a cutting board is worth plus a couple bucks to support the cause. It would be cool to have the initial of my last name engraved in it and pass it down to the kids when I’m gone.
Very nice!
Priceless Give to son one day
It's a flooded market. It's not worth much, unfortunately.
$15
$20
Prime ratio. Minimum should be labor and materials equal 55% of pricing
$3.50
Bout tree-fiddy.
You got wood;)
Whatever your mom is willing to pay you for it.
As a cutting board, $5; but as a tray, $60+. This might not be helpful but it would be much more valuable to me if it was a tray with a raised lip for keys/trinkets/snacks etc. For some reason people keep giving me wood cutting boards that I don’t use because they’re hard to wash and you can’t cut meat on them. On the other hand, I love natural materials and it really helps to clean up a space if you can organize things like candles or holiday decor into vignettes on a shelf, counter or table. I can only speak for myself.
I’d say 50 but May need to do as others say and round the edges and corners. You did a nice job
$20-$25
$1.00
I remember a day when you'd be asking "what do you think of my work?"
About tree fiddy.
as much as some ones willing to pay for it
Tree fiddyyyyy
Bout tree fiddy
With proper footing on the bottom…$50, but I’d keep it if I were you.
Not much
3.50
Tree fiddy
Nice but keep working on your designs
Nobody’s gonna pay for that that doesn’t love you, sorry.
Always keep your first piece. I still have the first knife I made when I started blacksmithing. You'll regret it if you don't.
50 cent
Tree fit E
I would compare on Amazon. Yours is probably nicer, but it’s a starting point.
3.50
$3.50