How to make cutting board 11.04.2009.
In the beginning I had a idea to make a slightly different end grain cutting board.
One of so called “not-your-normal-cutting board”.
I thought , why must end grain cutting boards be made of right-angled pieces ?
I knew there must be other ways to go about creating an attractive and
useful cutting board design. End grain designs look great for wooden objects
like this, but tend to all be very similar. I was keen to try something a
little different, that would produce an eye-catching finish.
I settled on using a hexagonal design, with segments of different woods
cut into small triangular pieces. The result was an almost chequered
pattern, that was similar to that of a roulette wheel which you might find
in a casino or on poker.dk
This small change in design produced a great
result - take a look at the pictures below to see each step in the process
of creating this cutting board.
So after some visual thinking :
and jig making :
and more visualization :
I started making blanks from oak , birch and unknown ( for me ) wood .
And here they are ,
ready for first glue up .
After first glue up I got this :
And now the slicing :
Now the little pieces are ready for secondary clue up :
And now the secondary clue up :
And finally after lots of sanding and oiling the END GRAIN CUTTING BOARD :
