Welcome

This Charweederie venture is new. And this website is brand new – just setting it up January 1st, 2025. One of the Woodfisch’s strong points is definitely not website design. If you are viewing this website in early 2025, please understand that it should evolve rapidly in a good way. Layout, content, composition – all rudimentary at this point.

Another consideration……. Each of these charweederie boards and charweederie boxes are prototypes. Trying to get the feel for the build processes. Prototypes are all about making mistakes. And I have made plenty of them. Getting to the point of flawless execution is challenging. Matter of fact I chuckle when I think about them - “why the flippin ding dong did I do that?” Well, it’s a mistake – no reason for it. When the cursing ends I file it away for one of those actions never to be repeated.

Chili Pepper Charweederie Board PROTOTYPE

Black walnut harvested from Lynchburg’s 2012 derecho.

Bookmatched pieces joined by Festool dominos.

Five coats of a hand rubbed linseed oil/beeswax mix.

Mistake: Misalignment of the tool recesses. There is an imaginary arc from the tip to the lip. Each tool recess should have been perpendicular to the tangent of that arc. Poor layout on my part.

SHIELD Charweederie Board PROTOTYPE

Black walnut harvested from Lynchburg’s 2012 derecho.

Bookmatched pieces joined by Festool dominos.

Five coats of a hand rubbed linseed oil/beeswax mix.

Mistake: Routing too deep - domino connectors exposed. Epoxy needed to fill in the gaps.

PINCH BUG Charweederie Board PROTOTYPE

Black walnut harvested from Lynchburg’s 2012 derecho.

Bookmatched pieces joined by Festool dominos.

Five coats of a hand rubbed linseed oil/beeswax mix.

FINGER SPOT Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

Recesses on each side of the lid and box provide a convenient finger spot for lid removal.

Black walnut harvested from Lynchburg’s 2012 derecho.

Bookmatched pieces joined by Festool dominos.

Reclaimed heart pine beadboard bottom.

Five coats of a hand rubbed linseed oil/beeswax mix.

THIN LIP Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

Black walnut harvested from Lynchburg’s 2012 derecho.

Lid is bookmatched pieces joined by Festool dominos.

Reclaimed heart pine beadboard bottom.

Five coats of a hand rubbed linseed oil/beeswax mix on the top and three coats on the sides.

Mistake: Piece not securely clamped to workbench when routing. Caused the piece to shift and route outside the boundary. Resulted in a distorted pinch tray.

Mistake: Routing too deep - domino connectors exposed. Epoxy needed to fill in the gaps.

SCALLOP Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

Black walnut harvested from Lynchburg’s 2012 derecho.

Lid is bookmatched pieces joined by Festool dominos.

Reclaimed heart pine beadboard bottom.

Five coats of a hand rubbed linseed oil/beeswax mix on the top and three coats on the sides.

DOUBLE LIP Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

Redwood paneling removed from an 1890’s Lynchburg house. Layers of paint were stripped off the textured side.

Redwood is softer and lighter than walnut.

Either side of the lid fits onto the box.

Reclaimed heart pine beadboard bottom.

Three coats of a hand rubbed linseed oil/beeswax mix.

SINGLE LIP Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

Redwood paneling removed from an 1890’s Lynchburg house. Layers of paint were stripped off the textured side.

Redwood is softer and lighter than walnut

Either side of the lid fits onto the box.

Reclaimed heart pine beadboard bottom.

Three coats of a hand rubbed linseed oil/beeswax mix.

Welcome

Chili Pepper Charweederie Board PROTOTYPE

SHIELD Charweederie Board PROTOTYPE

PINCH BUG Charweederie Board PROTOTYPE

FINGER SPOT Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

THIN LIP Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

SCALLOP Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

DOUBLE LIP Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

SINGLE LIP Charweederie BoX PROTOTYPE

Chili Pepper Charweederie Board

CHARWEEDERIE BOARD - like a charcuterie board for munchies

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