Making End Grain Cutting Board

Cut the wood into strips.

Making end grain cutting board. Pick a nice hardwood preferably one with interesting end grain. Sign in to make your opinion count. Glue the cutting board. Rip to cut lengthwise with a.

Laying out your board and cutting to length. How to make a super sweet end grain cutting board. If the board is cupped from side to side place the concave side against the planer table and flatten the convex side first then plane the concave side. How to make an end grain cutting board in 6 simple steps step 1 select and prepare wood for the diy cutting board.

Run the board through it several times to flatten both faces. If the grain on the board s side has a slope feed the board into the planer starting with the end that the grain slopes down toward. How to build an end grain cutting board in 9 steps step 1. Glue also sacrificial rails.

So your end grain board is all laid out let s get to gluing. Now apply a liberal amount of wood glue rotate the pieces back up again and carefully tighten down the clamps making sure to apply equal pressure. So to start rotate the boards so that the end grain is facing sideways. If the board is cupped from side to side place the concave side against the planer table and flatten the convex side first.

Step 4 lay out and glue up the final end grain. Make the thinner end grain strips at the table saw or band saw according to the drawings. Usually 4 5 strips are enough to make one board. Sign in to make your opinion count.

This measurement will be used to establish the length of the cutting board. Steps to making an end grain cutting board. Select and mill your lumber. Grab a pad of paper and a pencil a calculator can be helpful also.

Saw off 42 43 mm wide end grain strips. Step 3 prep and cut for the second glue up. You will remove the excess at the drum sander later. Using the standard methods for squaring up wood mill your lumber to about 1 thick.

Depending on your tool selection in your shop. Rotate each strip 90 degree end grain up. The initial glue up. Step 2 layout and glue up the initial design for the end grain cutting board.

Feeding it the other way may tear the surface rather than smooth it. These rails will protect the cutting board edges while planning. Rotate all strips 90 degree end grain up. Sign in to report inappropriate content.

Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Make the strip thicker 1 mm than at the drawings. Cut off four strips from each board. Back to the clamps again.

From here the goal is to have the end grain facing up. Using a miter saw crosscut the board into two equal pieces and square up the ends.