Cutting Board Juice Groove Template
John boos maple professional collection with juice groove and finger hole.
Cutting board juice groove template. Custom pull out board. Here s the key start your cut inside of your max dimension of the groove. Cutting board template rectangle shape with juice groove 15 1 2 x 10 1 2 item 159047 choose from the many selections of domestic and exotic solid wood slabs that woodcraft has to offer. A smaller bit would also work.
To make the template trace the shape of the cutting board on a piece of mdf. John boos maple bbq board with juice groove 18 x 12 x 1 5. Run the router to the corner make the turn and leave 20 uncut. Smaller than the one shown above and a 3 4 in.
To draw the interior line you could use a compass or some other improvised marking gauge. Rotate the board and repeat. Woodcraft has also simplified the cutting board creation process by offering pre milled stock for you. For breads and cheeses i often make rectangular boards that march april 2006 69 saw and rout the perimeter.
Most core box bits don t include a bearing so you may need to add one or mount a rub collar on your router base. A juice groove is simply a recess cut or routed into the board s surface to collect liquids and prevent them from running onto the counter or floor. It was decided to add the channel on one side only leaving the opposite side for vegetable cutting use. At the time there were no handles or blood grooves cut into the board.
I cut a juice groove using a template 2 1 4 in. Core box router bit with a bearing 40. So basically you are going to start as if you were 20 into that run. Then carefully draw a matching shape inside the traced line that is set in equally all around.
Set the cutting board into the l and clamp it down.