Diy End Grain Cutting Board Without Planer

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Diy end grain cutting board without planer. It s an extremely common new woodworker project and without any thought behind it and why. Today i m going show you how to make a beautiful cutting board with three power tools and no planer or jointer. Depending on your tool selection in your shop you may want to purchase the wood to build your end grain cutting board from a hardwood dealer that has the tools and abilities to take your rough stock lumber and turn it into square and straight boards. I had no clue that running an end grain cutting board was dangerous until i read it here.

The most common end grain item that a new woodworker is most likely to attempt to run through the planer is an end grain cutting board. The most common hardwoods that you see cutting boards made from in north america are the most common domestic hardwoods. It seems perfectly reasonable on the surface it goes right into the. Walnut cherry and maple.

Had this not been posted i most likely would have ran an end grain cutting board through my planer with possibly disastrous results. This project makes for an. The two main benefits of end grain cutting boards are board longevity the end grain of the wood will not show slice marks as much as side grain or face grain and knife longevity the ends of the wood fibers are kinder and gentler to knife blades thus reducing sharpening frequency and prolonging the blade s life. You don t need fancy tools to make cool things.

End grain cutting boards through the planer. Some may be great for a normal face grain cutting board or edge grain butcher block but not so good for an end grain cutting board. After reading this warning i made a flat grain cutting board instead which i ran through my planer.