How To Make A Butcher Block Cutting Board

For this project i use some scrap maple birch and walnut hardwoods.

How to make a butcher block cutting board. I saw a picture online of a really cool looking cutting board that had leather handles so i used that as my inspiration. If you like it please feel free to subscribe and follow me on youtube thanks. You want to work with straight boards for a butcher block build. Butcher block cutting boards are typically a bit thicker and larger than standard cutting boards but the build process is roughly the same as althoff woodshop shows.

Now you need to rip all the strips for the butcher block cutting board. Cut the boards into 3 4 strips. How to make a butcher block cutting board step 1. Edge grain cutting board construction is what most people consider a traditional butcher block.

I make 5 of these pieces. Using a 3 8 roundover bit and working slowly run the bit along the perimeter of the butcher block on both the top and bottom edges. Place dropcloth around the base of the. I leave a little extra on the ends to be trimmed off at the end of the glue up process.

Do you want to get instant. Im not sure if its the back to basics simplicity or just the fact that it is one of the most useful projects a woodworker can make but something keeps bringing me back for more. Run a bead of glue. Creating a butcher block cutting board so i had a beautiful and free piece of wood but i wanted to kick it up a notch and add some kind of handle.

Clean up the raw boards ends and sides. Place all of the boards parallel to each other flat across two sawhorses. Learn how to make these beautiful end grain butcher block cutting boards with scrap wood. I start off by cutting walnut to 2h x 2w x 12 3 8l.

How to make butcher block cutting boards 1. Because of the larger size. Irwin clamps are also. It can be done with 2 clamps i used 24 jorgesen clamps 3724.

Mix the powdered resin glue with water according to manufacturer s directions. Next examine the butcher block to determine its top side. Pour the glue into a glue bottle. I d like to show you how you can create this lovely end grain cutting board with a few wood species and some glue.

After getting the wood spend some time organizing the boards so that they fit together nicely. One of my favorite woodworking projects is a butcher block end grain cutting board. How to make a butcherblock cutting board step 1.