Chocolate bars

Or it could be ice cubes, the same kind of principal. I had to make up 36 little panels for the doors coming up next. The smallest are only 8x8cm so I decided to get them all shaped up on the plank and then slit them up for a final shaping by hand. The three lengths on the right were one plank that has been slit on the bandsaw. Rip cuts cause very little tear out, so you do the cross grain cuts first as visible in the plank on the left that has just had the first rip down the middle through all the cross cuts. The "mizokiri" tool sitting on the bench has a fence that works fine for rip cuts, but I had to make up a 'T' square type fence to do the cross cuts. The cross bar of the 'T' was about the same thickness as the work piece, so the cut made in that the first time you use it allows you to line up the fence to lines laid out on the plank for the different sized panels. The little inset at the bottom shows the stacks of different sized panels having been cut from the strips with the chop saw, now waiting for a bit of sanding and roasting tomorrow. These will be cabinet doors, so only one side is raised as the inside is hardly ever seen. There is also a big pile of shavings ready to burn tomorrow if the weather doesn't turn hot again.