3D Cutting Board project

[duc996]

      Hello Everyone and Happy Holidays! I wanted to share my project that I'm making for X-mas gifts. I want to give credit to Spalm from Lumberjocks for taking the time to document and explain his 3D cutting board. It made it really easy to follow and if anyone ever wanted to give the 3D cutting boards a try you should.
  I was intrigued from the first time I saw the 3d cutting board and have always wanted to give it a try and now that I just got a drum sander as a gift and had time to start I started the build process. Hope you enjoy.

I first wanted to make test cuts on some scrap plywood to make certain the fit was tight.
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Jigs I copied from Spalm, it's a sliding jig to safely cut the trapezoid strips.
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Three species of hardwoods were used: walnut, cherry, and maple test fitted and ready for first sub assembly glue up.
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Another jig copied from LJ. I used MDF because I had it on hand and plus it was easy to apply paste wax so the glue up was minimum mess.
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All glued up into triangles.
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Jig I made so I could run it through my drum sander which saved me a bunch of time.
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Triangles cut to 2 1/8" inch because I wanted the final thickness to be 2" thick.
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Laying out the triangle shapes
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I decided I would glue two triangles together to make the final glue up easier. I have read on LJ's that the hardest part was the glue up and to keep all aligned. I am glad I spent the time to glue them up because the final glue up went pretty smooth.
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Clamp up jig made with MDF again, one side is permanent and the other side is moveable for clamping.
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Final glue up before trimming, drum sanding, and edge work.
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Completed boards. I used 5mm dominoes to make aligning the picture frame molding around the board.
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[petersd]

Looks great!

 

[duc996]

Looks great!

Thank you

 

[dltflt]

Very nice!

 

[nclemmons]

That's excellent!  How many hours of work?  And what did you use for a finish?

Thanks for sharing!

 

[duc996]

That's excellent!  How many hours of work?  And what did you use for a finish?

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you, I used mineral oil wax combination and I applied 3 coats (sold at the big orange store). From start to finish it was three days of work to build two boards. Dimensions were 20 1/2"x16 1/2" and the smaller one is 14"x17 1/2". I would say 35-40% of the time would be wait time for the glue to setup / cure. I only made two clamp jigs and could have been faster if I had more clamping jigs.

 

[E30Mark]

Looks amazing, love the 3D effect. Well done  [smile]

 

[duc996]

thank you much

 

[Rob in Vancouver]

Fantastic work

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[RickyL]

Amazing. Nice design and great execution.

 

[duc996]

Thank you, I will try other 3D designs next when I get the time.

 

[luke duke]

Look at the mtmwood YouTube page.

 

[duc996]

Look at the mtmwood YouTube page.

I've actually subscribed to his channel and want to try his version of the tumbling block 3D. He does some awesome work for sure!

 

[Svar]

End grain cutting board trapped in a non expandable frame. I'd be worried about that.

 

[duc996]

End grain cutting board trapped in a non expandable frame. I'd be worried about that.

Svar, do you think it would have been better with an end grain border? I ask because I will build it differently next time. What would you recommend? Any input is appreciated, thanks.

 

[luke duke]

End grain cutting board trapped in a non expandable frame. I'd be worried about that.

Svar, do you think it would have been better with an end grain border? I ask because I will build it differently next time. What would you recommend? Any input is appreciated, thanks.

I think that it is fine the way that you built it.

 

[duc996]

End grain cutting board trapped in a non expandable frame. I'd be worried about that.

Svar, do you think it would have been better with an end grain border? I ask because I will build it differently next time. What would you recommend? Any input is appreciated, thanks.

Thank you for your input Luke.

I think that it is fine the way that you built it.

 

[VW mick]

Excellent

I like that a lot. I have tried a cutting board project it didn't work out too well

I'm also addicted to mtmwood you tube videos. It's always I will just watch one more

 

[NL-mikkla]

WOW, looks superior.
Fantastic result, and what about the reaction of the recipients?

 

[duc996]

Thank you, my Sister in law loved the cutting board. She actually has a Goyard handbag that has the same design / print as the cutting board.