I've run endgrain boards through the thicknesser but you want some sacrificial boards glued to the end to avoid blowout and take very small bites. But to each their own.
This was an incredibly helpful video. It's inevitable there are going be armchair QBs, so I agree that one should educate themselves as much as possible about a product being used or built.
@@jeepgrand1994 I have made hundreds of cutting boards. The only ones that ever fell apart are the ones where I mixed end and edge grain. This is REAL THING, not just an old wive’s tale. I’ll never mix grain again!
Nice board. Are you concerned at all about the walnut strips not being end grain like the rest of the woods are? Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. Keep up the great explanations.
Great project, learned something with the finish - what still stumps me, and I can’t believe two years in there aren’t many comments about it… - oak? I have never encountered oak in a serious cutting board project. It is nearly universally panned as a bad end grain board with the highly porous nature of it. Is this finish style particularly suited to mitigating that or something?
Great video! Nicely filmed, nice commentary, and the board is certainly beautiful. I really like your work. That said, I do have a couple of comments. First of all, I don’t know where people get this idea that you cannot use a planer to plane these cutting boards down. I know what people say, that it will end up exploding, kick back out, and the machine will toss shards of metal around your shop, creating an Armageddon scenario!. Well, I have experimented with this for years, and i’ve made about 200 end grain cutting boards. I always use my planner to plane it down ( previously a Delta Lunchbox and now Dewalt 735). I use the following method: Use hot glue and shims to stabilize it on a flat length of MDF. Make sure the blades are sharp. Make passes in only tiny increments of thickness, maybe 1/256 Before passing them through the planer, use a hand plane to create a small 45 degree bevel on the trailing edge. This will prevent chip out. Remove from MDF and repeat on the other side. It leaves it so flat that it only takes 5 MINUTES of sanding to complete the project! Second of all, I really do think the mixing of end grain with edge grain will lead to failure. I have done so with only 3 boards, and all three cracked and fell apart in a few months from differential wood movement. Again, I think the board is beautiful and it’s a great video. And I now wait for the correction posse to come after me.
Hey Billy, regarding the finish, I am very much a fan of a sealant that actually hardens. I recently made the mistake of oversaturating a board with mineral oil - was weeks of leaching before it could be used, and still feels greasy. I’m interested in long term durability of the salad bowl finish. When the finish hardens on an end grain board, I imagine the fibers become stiff and brittle. I’m concerned the fibers might break rather than pull back together (“self-healing”) when a knife penetrates them. Have you experienced this over time with this finish? Would be much appreciated if you could share your experience with this…thanks…Skip
What was the ratio of salad bowl mix to mineral spirits and was it the same for all 3 coats? Great video I’m definitely gonna try this. Also how does your glue ups not stick to your squaring jig as the glue pushes out and it’s clamped to the board. I’m thinking you could use wax paper? Curious on that one.
The board looks amazing. So, I send end grains into my planer 🙃...It works great as long as I take extremely light passes...the down side to this method is that I am limited to how wide my boards can be. I really like the choice of finish. I have tried the Tried and True, but that finish won't last long with washing and cutting... Or I don't believe so anyways. This method seems like it was last a lot longer. Are you concerned with the long grain Walnut vs the end grain surface? The strips are so thin that I don't think it would really matter... Plus It actually might keep it a little more stable. One more thing about it, this finish must be embedded into the wood and probably keep it a little more protected from the moisture (less wood movement). Curious about your thoughts on that because I have heard that you dont want to mix long grain and ingrain in boards (everyone has an opinion). The board looks beautiful 👍
@Ben Moore lol who needs books and the knowledge of those who have failed and learned before us? You do you though and when you get your first breadboard end that explodes because you glued the whole thing, remember it’s just some wives tale. There’s no issue with playing around and seeing what works but when you start a video with “I’m going to show you how...” you expect that this guy knows what he’s doing. Grain rotations on a board that will certainly see heavy moisture is a silly bad idea and it’s unfortunate that someone may watch this and think otherwise. Or that they cannot safely run end grain through a planer (you certainly can...with proper prep). Or that you need a $4k CNC to flatten a board, etc.
"There are going to be so many angry comments..." Literally no angry comments, because you make a good argument and the work is amazing. Great content!
@@TomKaren94 Add more glue XD - in all seriousness, I have experimented with a few different wood glue brands/types/strengths etc and I found that my builds held best when not using a "quick dry" glue. That said, I tend to give glue-ups at least 12 hours to dry before removing the clamps, but in some cases more time was needed to firmly bond the pieces. I have also seen a few pieces pop apart due to the wood being kiln dried, which introduces some interesting tension mechanics if it isn't left to settle before milling.
So i havent made an end grain board yet but have researched it quite a bit. With those walnut strips shouldnt they also be end grain? the board will eventually fail with having end grain and edge grain fighting each other. thats why people glue up those thin strips in a panel and then cross cut them and insert. Regardless beautiful work and nice pattern
Outstanding work! I am a recently retired electrician that used to woodwork years ago as a hobby. I am now turning my hobby into a part time retirement business. I am amazed at the outcome of this build and the amount of work that goes with it. How would put a price tag on this piece so folks would purchase, yet still be able to make money? To me that looks like a $500 board. Your thoughts?
Thanks. I can't answer that for you because it's personal. Only you can determine your skill level, how fast you work, the tools available, your material costs, the buyers available to you, etc.
I'm a woodworker and when i think of the work that has gone into this and only just over a 1000 views its pitiful, Its been a love of woodworking to make this, the hours and hours that this must have taken there is probably not a price tag you could put on this that someone would buy it at to represent what it cost to make. You need pushing up the ladder my friend. Incredible piece of work. Beautiful cutting board, almost a shame to cut into it, I think I would want you to rout a drip tray just around the inside edge and I would cut up and serve my Sunday roast beef on that piece of wood. I saw the video on inventables and popped over to see what more is for viewing. Thanks.
@@NewtonMakes I think personally it needs to go in to a design shop to be sold as a piece of art somewhere in a city so that people can see how its made, with the video on a loop alongside, or a gallery , its so difficult to price but has to be in the high hundreds minimum just to cover basic costs. Its a piece of woodworking art really not to be used. It would have driven me insane to cut all those pieces out time and time again, My cnc would have said never again!! This is showing a process that is capable and not done as people simply can not afford this work as labour price over the years have exceeded the value of what people do "inflation" or can afford or understand . It really is a very good piece. Needs to go on show.
There are people that eat hotdogs sideways? I knew the world had gone crazy, but that is too far! 😂 Awesome cutting board. I bet after using the CNC to flatten it, you actually still prefer sanding them to flat 💪
Awesome video Billy, I'm not going to leave a angry comment 🤣😂, because you did your research, i found that finishes are a big debate sometimes, but whatever works for you right, great video man love it and awesome job on the cutting board 👌
Novice here; that is awesome, and the injects for following along is very helpful. May I ask, does your version of dust collection not run for every project? How did you set it up? Is there a video for it?
This is awesome. I was looking for a simple DIY cutting board, and found your video. I wouldn’t attempt this for many years, but it was really cool seeing an in depth guide to how something this amazing gets built. I wish more people appreciated the talent, equipment, and most importantly time that goes into making such an intricate piece of work.
Billy makes a really good point - it's only difficult if you don't attempt to make it! Your first attempt may not be perfect, but the lesson's you learn from the process are invaluable, and you will soon find yourself overcoming the obstacles you laid in front of you.
Billy, that's awesome looking board. The amount of works you have put into this is tremendous. Quick question, are those strips edge grain or end grain ? I watch many video that said not to mix both on the same board, or it will crack. How is that possible ?
@@ceselb he could have put walnut in the edge grain boards during the first glue up. and he could have made a short third edge grain board out of walnut. during the second glue up to edge grain, he could combined all three boards on edge grain.
I was always taught it's not a good idea to mix and match end grain and long grain in your boards? Ever have any issues with moving/cracking? Board looks amazing!
That was my first thought too when I saw the first walnut glue up...I'd love to hear a reply/update/thought process for the decision from the craftsman!
Well, the same company doesn't recommend Wood Bowl Finish to cutting board, they recommend Butcher Block Oil: "Wood Bowl Finish is a durable oil-and-urethane oil-based finish is designed for use on decorative wooden bowls and turnings. For countertops actively used for chopping and cutting, we recommend Butcher Block Oil". This is not angry comment :D
You literally have the exact same setup I have in my garage. I have the same push stick, though mines about 1/2" at the tail end now... I've got that push block; I've got the same fence... I'm just gonna guess; it's a 1-1/2hp Jet contractor style table saw.
Fantastic video! Two questions about the salad bowl finish. Your explanation makes a ton of sense to me and I’m excited to give it a whirl. But are there wood species you wouldn’t do this with due to close grain characteristics? And what is the thickest board you’ve tried this with? Much appreciated…
Nice work. Been looking at some comments questioning the gluing of end grain. When I watched the video all I saw was side grain glue up. Most of the end grain is on top..... and as expected also on the bottom as that is how grain works and this was clearly demonstrated when the finish rapidly passed through the project from top to bottom through the grain. Methinks some commenters have been too close for too long to solvent glue...... Trippy
Apparently you've been successful keeping your re-laminations square. Maybe you work carefully enough that they are always square. That is something first-timers are apt to have problems with. I'd say your technique is highly successful. Congratulations on another new twist, one well worth doing.
Fantastic work.! I really love the tones provided by the Maple and the Cherry, and while it looked great before adding the Walnut, that little extra design detail (and a lot of extra work!) really put it over the top. Fantastic work, and thanks for sharing!
Great tutorial and a magnificent piece of work. Quick question, did you use edge grain for the coloured strips and if so, how has that held up with the expansion and contraction ? Thanks for sharing. Regards, Phil👍🏻
I have nothing against mineral spirit in the finishing composition - this is the least of a problem with this particular cutting board. There is a much bigger one: instead of using thin endgrain walnut stripes you employed much easier available long grain pieces. This resulted in a weak glue up with perpendicular direction of long grain (between walnut and maple pieces), and even worse, the cutting surface is not fully endgrain, but a combination of endgrain and long-grain. Such boards are highly sensitive to moisture fluctuations, so it is not surprising you prefer to use sealing film-making finish typical for long-grain, but absolutely pointless for endgrain working surfaces (as it looses the self-healing ability after you glued together all the wooden fibers with polymerizing oil). So this board looks beautiful, but it is not functional, unfortunately. Just a moderately expensive kitchen decoration.
Beautiful work, absolutely amazeballs! Question? I've never done inlay before, would you be able to make solid color end grain cutting board, stack it on top of one similar to what you've made, then on a scroll saw, put the angle at just a few degrees, and cut out say like a peace sign and then just drop it in to produce the inlay? Would that be the correct way to do this? I was just thinking the contrast of the plaid with a solid color inlay, I thought a peace sign would be cool, would be absolutely beautiful and really pop together, especially once the finish is put on. But, would what I asked above be the correct way to do this?
very visual person- found the wood type map you put up to be amazingly helpful. Can see other plaid patterns by looking at that map. Like a 4 square maple section for a more loose plaid for example. So much fun!!
Another well done video my friend! Is this an ancestral family plaid pattern or just one you happen to like? BTW, I like the whiskers. Kinda makes you look like someone who should be running a chainsaw mill! LOL All the best amigo!
@@NewtonMakes did you have any issues with edge grain walnut being compatible with the other end grain woods around it with regards to expansion and contraction?
Beginner woodworker here. Love the pattern and it's amazing how much work went into this. A question about oak. I heard that's it's not a good choice for cutting boards because of its porous grain. Do you disagree? Or did you consider this to be not important?
Love the way you decide on your finish materials, great board and finish. Love how the grain pops when it goes on. Have you tried card scrappers for smoothing the finish?
Love your work mate. Amazing result. I know the work involved in making these as I’ve made a few cutting boards myself over the years, (not as complex as yours) and the thing that makes me laugh is everyone wants one until you quote them. They look at you horrified and say I can buy one from the store for $10. I patiently explain that what they’re getting is end or edge grain, home made and not mass produced in China. You don’t get end or edge grain from the store. I still end up giving them away to family and friends for occasions as the prospective purchasers would rather pay $10 for a face grain board made in China with God only knows what finish. Thanks for the video, you’ve won a new subscriber. 👍🇦🇺
Very nice job! I like your vids. May I ask you? I do about 20 projects a year (Cutting Boards, Tea Boxes, small tables, chests, jewelry boxes, Adirondack chairs etc.) I have most of the necessary tools in my home shop and I'd love to add in a CNC router. Im thinking light CNC work such as, inscriptions on a tea box, gift box, cutting board engraving etc. What CNC would you recommend for me doing a fair amount of light non- commercial projects? I'm not interested in the cheapest CNC nor an Axion. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks I very much enjoy your vids and checked out most all of them.
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Love you explanations and comments about using the side of the board. People always have shit to complain.
I've run endgrain boards through the thicknesser but you want some sacrificial boards glued to the end to avoid blowout and take very small bites. But to each their own.
Great Video. Easy to listen to commentary and see building technique. I learned a lot. Enough to try it myself. THANKS
You might enjoy my other cutting board video from a few months back. People seem to like the 3d visuals that help explain it.
This was an incredibly helpful video. It's inevitable there are going be armchair QBs, so I agree that one should educate themselves as much as possible about a product being used or built.
Nice job and good information
This looks very cool..... Thank you.
Beautiful and creative
Be careful; you are mixing end grain and edge grain. Wood expansion won't go in the same direction and you might end up with a faulty board.
Maybe he should add a couple of 10mm expansion joints into it ?
Agreed, I had that same thought.
@@jeepgrand1994 I have made hundreds of cutting boards. The only ones that ever fell apart are the ones where I mixed end and edge grain. This is REAL THING, not just an old wive’s tale. I’ll never mix grain again!
I had to put edge grain strips in an end grain board to keep it flat. It's been about 10 yrs and no problems yet and we use it just about every day.
What if you stabilized the wood before finishing or final assembly
I will get in my shop and build something awesome... just have to get the shop first. In the mean while... subbed. :D
Shop, living room, kitchen table, wherever!
Nice board. Are you concerned at all about the walnut strips not being end grain like the rest of the woods are? Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. Keep up the great explanations.
I too would love to know his answer to this question. I have always wondered the same thing.
Great project, learned something with the finish - what still stumps me, and I can’t believe two years in there aren’t many comments about it… - oak? I have never encountered oak in a serious cutting board project. It is nearly universally panned as a bad end grain board with the highly porous nature of it. Is this finish style particularly suited to mitigating that or something?
That is fantastic
Great video! Nicely filmed, nice commentary, and the board is certainly beautiful. I really like your work.
That said, I do have a couple of comments.
First of all, I don’t know where people get this idea that you cannot use a planer to plane these cutting boards down. I know what people say, that it will end up exploding, kick back out, and the machine will toss shards of metal around your shop, creating an Armageddon scenario!. Well, I have experimented with this for years, and i’ve made about 200 end grain cutting boards. I always use my planner to plane it down ( previously a Delta Lunchbox and now Dewalt 735). I use the following method:
Use hot glue and shims to stabilize it on a flat length of MDF.
Make sure the blades are sharp.
Make passes in only tiny increments of thickness, maybe 1/256
Before passing them through the planer, use a hand plane to create a small 45 degree bevel on the trailing edge. This will prevent chip out.
Remove from MDF and repeat on the other side.
It leaves it so flat that it only takes 5 MINUTES of sanding to complete the project!
Second of all, I really do think the mixing of end grain with edge grain will lead to failure. I have done so with only 3 boards, and all three cracked and fell apart in a few months from differential wood movement.
Again, I think the board is beautiful and it’s a great video.
And I now wait for the correction posse to come after me.
Those were the same things I was gonna ask. Guess good thing I read comments before so.
Salad bowl finish is non toxic.
Hey Billy, regarding the finish, I am very much a fan of a sealant that actually hardens. I recently made the mistake of oversaturating a board with mineral oil - was weeks of leaching before it could be used, and still feels greasy.
I’m interested in long term durability of the salad bowl finish. When the finish hardens on an end grain board, I imagine the fibers become stiff and brittle. I’m concerned the fibers might break rather than pull back together (“self-healing”) when a knife penetrates them.
Have you experienced this over time with this finish? Would be much appreciated if you could share your experience with this…thanks…Skip
What was the ratio of salad bowl mix to mineral spirits and was it the same for all 3 coats? Great video I’m definitely gonna try this. Also how does your glue ups not stick to your squaring jig as the glue pushes out and it’s clamped to the board. I’m thinking you could use wax paper? Curious on that one.
" . . . same people that eat hotdogs sideways . . ." 😄😄😄 Excellent video. Well done, cool product, plus a bit of humor -- trifecta!
The board looks amazing. So, I send end grains into my planer 🙃...It works great as long as I take extremely light passes...the down side to this method is that I am limited to how wide my boards can be. I really like the choice of finish. I have tried the Tried and True, but that finish won't last long with washing and cutting... Or I don't believe so anyways. This method seems like it was last a lot longer. Are you concerned with the long grain Walnut vs the end grain surface? The strips are so thin that I don't think it would really matter... Plus It actually might keep it a little more stable. One more thing about it, this finish must be embedded into the wood and probably keep it a little more protected from the moisture (less wood movement). Curious about your thoughts on that because I have heard that you dont want to mix long grain and ingrain in boards (everyone has an opinion). The board looks beautiful 👍
@@NewtonMakes thanks for the info man! I want to try the finishing method ASAP. Keep up the great work 👍
Imagine how beautiful it would have been if you used Bloodwood and Wenge
He didn't make the walnut end Grain. I would make it end Grain. I really do love the plaid, nice work!
I'm experimenting now, with cutting thin strips on the table saw, being end Grain though is a challenge
@Ben Moore make a walnut endgrain board to needed length and rip strips from it. May seem like a lot of work but its the only proper way
Came to say the same. This will not last unfortunately. Beautiful though.
@Ben Moore lol who needs books and the knowledge of those who have failed and learned before us? You do you though and when you get your first breadboard end that explodes because you glued the whole thing, remember it’s just some wives tale.
There’s no issue with playing around and seeing what works but when you start a video with “I’m going to show you how...” you expect that this guy knows what he’s doing. Grain rotations on a board that will certainly see heavy moisture is a silly bad idea and it’s unfortunate that someone may watch this and think otherwise. Or that they cannot safely run end grain through a planer (you certainly can...with proper prep). Or that you need a $4k CNC to flatten a board, etc.
@Ben Moore glue up panels of walnut then cut them across the grain, making them end grain, then rip them into 1/8” strips.
salad bowl finish doesn't look like anything harmful, but how about butcher's wax ? Great board, and thankks for the video
Amazing job!
15:46 - I though I was going to see some blood! 😂
@@NewtonMakes understood but it got me nervous!
"There are going to be so many angry comments..."
Literally no angry comments, because you make a good argument and the work is amazing. Great content!
Do you have any issues doing the strips being long grain mixed with the endgrain?
This would be a concern of mine. I built a brick and mortar style years ago and mixed grains and it ended up failing over the years cause of it
@@TomKaren94 Add more glue XD - in all seriousness, I have experimented with a few different wood glue brands/types/strengths etc and I found that my builds held best when not using a "quick dry" glue. That said, I tend to give glue-ups at least 12 hours to dry before removing the clamps, but in some cases more time was needed to firmly bond the pieces. I have also seen a few pieces pop apart due to the wood being kiln dried, which introduces some interesting tension mechanics if it isn't left to settle before milling.
Generally, a bad idea.
I’ve never built a board or anything much really and wondered the same thing. Other videos I’ve seen they created end grain strips as well
I appreciate the walnut strips, but honestly at this point, I'm more interested in Batman's bladder problems. Please elaborate
@@NewtonMakes 🤣🤣 i was only kidding but that was hilarious, great video
So i havent made an end grain board yet but have researched it quite a bit. With those walnut strips shouldnt they also be end grain? the board will eventually fail with having end grain and edge grain fighting each other. thats why people glue up those thin strips in a panel and then cross cut them and insert. Regardless beautiful work and nice pattern
Awesome job man, loved the video, and especially liked your new company t-shirts! They go great with the beard!
"People that eat hotdogs sideways chop on the side of the cutting board". Best quote ever. I'm using that.... Great job.
how do you stop the wood from sticking to the particle board? this is gorgeous
Outstanding work! I am a recently retired electrician that used to woodwork years ago as a hobby. I am now turning my hobby into a part time retirement business. I am amazed at the outcome of this build and the amount of work that goes with it. How would put a price tag on this piece so folks would purchase, yet still be able to make money? To me that looks like a $500 board. Your thoughts?
Thanks. I can't answer that for you because it's personal. Only you can determine your skill level, how fast you work, the tools available, your material costs, the buyers available to you, etc.
@@NewtonMakes Thanks. That was pretty much my thought. Would probably have to offer as a custom order. Love your videos. I’ll keep watching!
круто,молодец. Спасибо.
I'm a woodworker and when i think of the work that has gone into this and only just over a 1000 views its pitiful, Its been a love of woodworking to make this, the hours and hours that this must have taken there is probably not a price tag you could put on this that someone would buy it at to represent what it cost to make.
You need pushing up the ladder my friend. Incredible piece of work.
Beautiful cutting board, almost a shame to cut into it, I think I would want you to rout a drip tray just around the inside edge and I would cut up and serve my Sunday roast beef on that piece of wood.
I saw the video on inventables and popped over to see what more is for viewing. Thanks.
@@NewtonMakes I think personally it needs to go in to a design shop to be sold as a piece of art somewhere in a city so that people can see how its made, with the video on a loop alongside, or a gallery , its so difficult to price but has to be in the high hundreds minimum just to cover basic costs. Its a piece of woodworking art really not to be used. It would have driven me insane to cut all those pieces out time and time again, My cnc would have said never again!! This is showing a process that is capable and not done as people simply can not afford this work as labour price over the years have exceeded the value of what people do "inflation" or can afford or understand . It really is a very good piece. Needs to go on show.
Just wanted to update you, it’s 275,000 views now 3 years later.
This was fantastic - thanks. This question may have been asked below, but how do you keep the squeeze out from gluing your cutting board to your jig?
I know it’s been a year but if you didn’t get an answer, he most likely waxed the jig. I just regular old paste floor wax.
Did you glue the walnut with the edge grain up?
There are people that eat hotdogs sideways? I knew the world had gone crazy, but that is too far! 😂 Awesome cutting board. I bet after using the CNC to flatten it, you actually still prefer sanding them to flat 💪
Sooo...2 years later, any cracks mixing the edge & long grains? Asking for a friend. 🙂
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HEY! I've eaten a hotdog sideways! ;-) Not really, but I thought it was a good comment
Awesome video Billy, I'm not going to leave a angry comment 🤣😂, because you did your research, i found that finishes are a big debate sometimes, but whatever works for you right, great video man love it and awesome job on the cutting board 👌
Novice here; that is awesome, and the injects for following along is very helpful. May I ask, does your version of dust collection not run for every project? How did you set it up? Is there a video for it?
This is awesome. I was looking for a simple DIY cutting board, and found your video. I wouldn’t attempt this for many years, but it was really cool seeing an in depth guide to how something this amazing gets built.
I wish more people appreciated the talent, equipment, and most importantly time that goes into making such an intricate piece of work.
Billy makes a really good point - it's only difficult if you don't attempt to make it! Your first attempt may not be perfect, but the lesson's you learn from the process are invaluable, and you will soon find yourself overcoming the obstacles you laid in front of you.
Billy, that's awesome looking board. The amount of works you have put into this is tremendous.
Quick question, are those strips edge grain or end grain ? I watch many video that said not to mix both on the same board, or it will crack.
How is that possible ?
He is probably banking on that the walnut pieces are so small, thin, that the movement with me minuscule and not cause any harm.
4 glues! could have added the walnut in glue 1 and 2 and saved so much time, and had full end grain.
Exactly what I thought!
How? I see adding it one way would work, sure. But both?
@@ceselb he could have put walnut in the edge grain boards during the first glue up. and he could have made a short third edge grain board out of walnut. during the second glue up to edge grain, he could combined all three boards on edge grain.
He would have to cut the maple sections in half and that wouldn’t work, (at least in my head)
Aren't your walnut planks edge grain while the rest of the board end grain?
I was always taught it's not a good idea to mix and match end grain and long grain in your boards? Ever have any issues with moving/cracking? Board looks amazing!
That was my first thought too when I saw the first walnut glue up...I'd love to hear a reply/update/thought process for the decision from the craftsman!
Well, the same company doesn't recommend Wood Bowl Finish to cutting board, they recommend Butcher Block Oil: "Wood Bowl Finish is a durable oil-and-urethane oil-based finish is designed for use on decorative wooden bowls and turnings. For countertops actively used for chopping and cutting, we recommend Butcher Block Oil". This is not angry comment :D
You literally have the exact same setup I have in my garage. I have the same push stick, though mines about 1/2" at the tail end now... I've got that push block; I've got the same fence... I'm just gonna guess; it's a 1-1/2hp Jet contractor style table saw.
also, I love your sarcastic humor!
Wow! Can't believe how fast that wicked through the board.
Just a quick question as I started watching the video. I have the same planer. Why do you neck the dust control from 4" to 2' back to 4"?
Fantastic video! Two questions about the salad bowl finish. Your explanation makes a ton of sense to me and I’m excited to give it a whirl. But are there wood species you wouldn’t do this with due to close grain characteristics? And what is the thickest board you’ve tried this with? Much appreciated…
Boy you made me angry... I’m so mad, I’m gonna make one of these cutting boards, that will show you.
I suggest you make the houndstooth board that I showed in a recent video. That will surely stick it to me!
@@NewtonMakes ha, I've made a few simpler ones nothing this elaborate but I'm going to try, thanks for the great videos
It looks amazing! But why those dark stripes are not endgrain? So much work and.... you put long grain stripes at the end.... not ok, not ok!
I was always told that to never use oak on a cutting board as the open grain and therefore splinters-------Tom
Came here to say the same, many sites say to not use oak as it is an open grain and can soak up juices and get rancid.
Nice work. Been looking at some comments questioning the gluing of end grain. When I watched the video all I saw was side grain glue up. Most of the end grain is on top..... and as expected also on the bottom as that is how grain works and this was clearly demonstrated when the finish rapidly passed through the project from top to bottom through the grain. Methinks some commenters have been too close for too long to solvent glue...... Trippy
good
hmm no kidding... That's a nice tip. Thanks man!!
Apparently you've been successful keeping your re-laminations square. Maybe you work carefully enough that they are always square. That is something first-timers are apt to have problems with. I'd say your technique is highly successful. Congratulations on another new twist, one well worth doing.
Wish i watched this before I ran my end grain through the planer......my board is a lot shorter now
The only thing I look at when choosing a cutting board is if it safe for my knife's edge. I would like this as my top for my center island.
Fantastic work.! I really love the tones provided by the Maple and the Cherry, and while it looked great before adding the Walnut, that little extra design detail (and a lot of extra work!) really put it over the top.
Fantastic work, and thanks for sharing!
Hi quick question, for your glue up jig, how do you keep the material from sticking to the MDF?
Man what an absolutely beautiful board!!
11:32 Can you give us the executive summary of Batman's bladder problems?
Such an awesome cutting board! Great work!
I would like to know the actual hours that you put into that cutting board and how much it would sell for it by the way it is beautiful.
Beautiful! Do you log your hours spent on projects such as this? I'm curious as to how long it actually took to create.
Damn... It only took $400 worth of clamps. Looks great though.
Just curious, did you apply the finish to the bottom as well?
Great tutorial and a magnificent piece of work. Quick question, did you use edge grain for the coloured strips and if so, how has that held up with the expansion and contraction ? Thanks for sharing. Regards, Phil👍🏻
Thks for the video,i'll try make it 😁🙏🙏
Walnut strips surely have to be endgrain? First rule of endgrain boards, Don't mix grain direction. It will likely not last unfortunately.
Very nice looking pattern! Curious to know how this board has aged with the opposing grain components…
Looks exactly the same.
I use my shop fox 18" drum sander to flatten my chess boards. I could also use my CNC.
I have nothing against mineral spirit in the finishing composition - this is the least of a problem with this particular cutting board. There is a much bigger one: instead of using thin endgrain walnut stripes you employed much easier available long grain pieces. This resulted in a weak glue up with perpendicular direction of long grain (between walnut and maple pieces), and even worse, the cutting surface is not fully endgrain, but a combination of endgrain and long-grain. Such boards are highly sensitive to moisture fluctuations, so it is not surprising you prefer to use sealing film-making finish typical for long-grain, but absolutely pointless for endgrain working surfaces (as it looses the self-healing ability after you glued together all the wooden fibers with polymerizing oil). So this board looks beautiful, but it is not functional, unfortunately. Just a moderately expensive kitchen decoration.
You make a good point. Would this board be better if it was all end grain and didnt use the finsih he used?
Beautiful work, absolutely amazeballs! Question? I've never done inlay before, would you be able to make solid color end grain cutting board, stack it on top of one similar to what you've made, then on a scroll saw, put the angle at just a few degrees, and cut out say like a peace sign and then just drop it in to produce the inlay? Would that be the correct way to do this?
I was just thinking the contrast of the plaid with a solid color inlay, I thought a peace sign would be cool, would be absolutely beautiful and really pop together, especially once the finish is put on. But, would what I asked above be the correct way to do this?
I'm Braziliam. Wonderful job. Thank youand congratulations. I liked it and signed up
Thanks!!
You have shown how to simply make a complicated pattern. Well done. Thanks!
Very inspiring video. The fact you take the time to also set up the camera, upload and edit these is appreciated. Thanks
Thanks! This gives me all the feels! I appreciate the kind words.
It would have looked so nice if you wrapped it with the i/8 walnut in a band to match the pattern. still love it, but damn it's shame
very visual person- found the wood type map you put up to be amazingly helpful. Can see other plaid patterns by looking at that map. Like a 4 square maple section for a more loose plaid for example. So much fun!!
Have you tried Millie’s penetrating Tung oil finish -ready out of the can to do what you want
Doesn't that cause issues by having end grain mixed with the walnut edge grain?
Another well done video my friend! Is this an ancestral family plaid pattern or just one you happen to like? BTW, I like the whiskers. Kinda makes you look like someone who should be running a chainsaw mill! LOL All the best amigo!
"Eat hotdogs sideways. " ..THANK YOU
Did oak (open grained wood) end up being alright for an end grain cutting board?
@@NewtonMakes did you have any issues with edge grain walnut being compatible with the other end grain woods around it with regards to expansion and contraction?
@@johnbracken8917 Not trying to be a know-it all but the walnut was actually glued to the edges of the other woods and not the end grain.
Please relate your re-sawing set up. Something that is always problematic. It appeared you have a tall fence of some such thing.
Beginner woodworker here.
Love the pattern and it's amazing how much work went into this.
A question about oak. I heard that's it's not a good choice for cutting boards because of its porous grain.
Do you disagree? Or did you consider this to be not important?
Red Oak might be a problem, it acts like a straw along the grain. White Oak should be OK.
hi buddy. do you think this project is possible to do with just handheld planer?
You have the patience of a Saint! Beautiful work and fantastic explanation! Thank you
Love the way you decide on your finish materials, great board and finish. Love how the grain pops when it goes on. Have you tried card scrappers for smoothing the finish?
Wonderful presentation...You Tube as it used to be
Love your work mate. Amazing result. I know the work involved in making these as I’ve made a few cutting boards myself over the years, (not as complex as yours) and the thing that makes me laugh is everyone wants one until you quote them. They look at you horrified and say I can buy one from the store for $10.
I patiently explain that what they’re getting is end or edge grain, home made and not mass produced in China. You don’t get end or edge grain from the store. I still end up giving them away to family and friends for occasions as the prospective purchasers would rather pay $10 for a face grain board made in China with God only knows what finish.
Thanks for the video, you’ve won a new subscriber. 👍🇦🇺
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Ever wonder what a six thousand dollar cutting board looked like??? Wonder no more lol
@@NewtonMakes That thing is so beautiful, Just perfection, I really enjoyed watching it come to life!!! Very well done!!
Any tips for a college student about to graduate who wants to start selling cutting boards made like this amazing one here? Your work inspires me!
@@NewtonMakes Thanks! You're fostering a great community of followers by answering these comments, keep up the hard work.
Just avoid using oak or wood with open grains for cutting boards.
What is “Batman’s bladder problems”?
Very nice job! I like your vids. May I ask you? I do about 20 projects a year (Cutting Boards, Tea Boxes, small tables, chests, jewelry boxes, Adirondack chairs etc.) I have most of the necessary tools in my home shop and I'd love to add in a CNC router. Im thinking light CNC work such as, inscriptions on a tea box, gift box, cutting board engraving etc. What CNC would you recommend for me doing a fair amount of light non- commercial projects? I'm not interested in the cheapest CNC nor an Axion. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks I very much enjoy your vids and checked out most all of them.
I was mesmerized by this project. Thank you for sharing.