How To Make A Live Edge Serving Board With Railroad Spikes

, woodworker, Charcuterie, Rawcutsandshots Recently made a Serving board with Railroad spikes and a walnut live edge for a buddy of mine. Wanted to share a quick look at the process. Hope you enjoy. I started by drawing my design on the wood. Then cut it using my band saw. It began to bind a little so I had to add a couple of wedges. Once cut, I smoothed out the rough wood with my craftsman bench sander. It had a couple of cracks so the night before I added a little epoxy to seal those up. Then I smoothed it out further with my orbital sander and measured out where to add the spikes. To prepare the spikes, I used my angle grinder to take the rust off. Afterwards I added a layer of epoxy on them to prevent future rusting. The next day I drilled in the holes for the hardware. After drilling in the the holes for the spikes, I was able to add the teenuts to the bottom with my mallet. The holes for the teenuts had to be slightly larger so if you re doing the same project make sure you account for th