End grain cutting boards

[luka1972]

This year I started making end grain cutting boards.

My tools are:
- festool mft3, ts 55 rebq, of 1010 ebq and ro 125 feq

Luka

 

[rst]

Great use of grain for patterns.

 

[waho6o9]

Your beautiful cutting boards will make fine gifts.

Good job Luka!

 

[copcarcollector]

[welcome] to the FOG!

Thanks for sharing, these look great

 

[mkasdin]

Nice Wusthof knife. They are great knives for people that cook.

The end boards look nice. I tried making something like this 20-30 some odd years ago but gave up. It was beyond my capabilities with the few tools I had. Bamboo is also a nice cutting surface, since it doesn't dull the knife blades, when chopping, cutting, slicing, mincing etc.

 

[Kev]

I really like the pair in the second picture ... I'll send you my postal address [big grin]

[welcome] to the FOG [smile]

 

[Jlovvorn]

Really nice work, word be great to see pictures of the process. I want to make a checkerboard style cutting board and would think the glue up process is similar.

 

[petersd]

Looks great. Would like to hear your process for making the cuts to get nice glue up joints without a planer or jointer?

 

[Nat X]

Bamboo is also a nice cutting surface, since it doesn't dull the knife blades, when chopping, cutting, slicing, mincing etc.

That is the complete opposite of the truth. Bamboo is terrible on metal.

 

[mirock]

Very cool. I also want to try somewhere

 

[luka1972]

Looks great. Would like to hear your process for making the cuts to get nice glue up joints without a planer or jointer?

1. For this project I use cherry wood
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2. I choose to cut lumber into four smaller pieces
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3. One piece was not appropriate for continuing
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4. Planing all three boards with router and jig
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5. Planed boards
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6. Cutting the wood lengthwise.
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7. Turn every strip by 90 degrees. Then turn every second strip for 180 degrees. You can mix strips of wood to archive some interesting patterns.
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8. Apply glue to strips …
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9. Use pipe clamps for tighten.
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10. Planing for second time
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More in the following post ...

Luka

 

[luka1972]

11. Cutting the wood crosswise.
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12. Again turn every strip by 90 degrees.
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13. Then turn every second strip for 180 degrees.
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14. Vary the position of strips.The face grain of the board should look great
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15. Glue the strips for last time
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16. Plane the board
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17. Round the edges from board with router
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18. Moister the wood surface before sanding for improved surface quality. Sand the board with different grains.
Grains: 40, 60, 80, 120 in rotary orbital motion and 120, 180 and 320 in random orbital motion. I repeat this step few times.
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19. Apply the mineral oil
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20. Apply mixture from mineral oil and beeswax
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21. Attach the rubber bumper with screws on cutting board
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22. Use and enjoy your cutting board for a long time …  [wink]
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Luka

 

[petersd]

Thank you!

Looks great and I hope to give this a try over the winter.

 

[luka1972]

Here is the latest one - endgrain chessboard-like cutting board. 

Luka