Making Cutting Boards Without A Planer

After the glue dries remove the clamps and run the assembly through the planer crowned face up.

Making cutting boards without a planer. Build a cutting board without a planer. Using a piece of inexpensive aluminum angle stock a melamine shelf panel and a router you can take a board that doesn t have parallel faces and clean it up without a planer or jointer. Continue machining until the planer flattens the entire top face of the board. Making a cutting board without a planer a lifetime of sanding.

Getting lumber straight and flat without a planer is another set of issues. First attempt at making a cutting board. First step was to choose the lumber for my cutting board s. I m happy with this as my very.

Next i used my table saw to rip my pieces into similar widths. Cut a pair of straight runners the length of the workpiece and glue them to both edges as shown. And it s possible to put a end grain board through a planer. For a cupped board.

For my boards i chose maple padauk and walnut. After seeing all the cool hardwoods at my local woodworking shop i m itching to make a cutting board butcher block. I know because i ve done it but stick with the usual advice and don t do it. I don t own an electric planer so i had to do the leveling shaping with various sanders and a router which took forever.

When making cutting boards it s important to choose dense hardwoods. Shop therapy 20 442 views.