How to make a wood cutting board without.
Make cutting board without planer. Mark curves onto the cutting board by tracing around a template made from 1 8 in. Rough cut the shape with a band saw or jig saw keeping the blade about 1 8 in. I like to. So along with the help of my incredible friends at dap products i created not one but two cutting boards with three power tools and no planer.
I ve seen all the video tutorials where you rip the stock into equal pieces glue them together and then plane them smooth. But i ve been wanting to build it in a way that is approachable to most people with a few power tools. I used a random orbital sander to flatten the cutting board and it worked well even though the cutting board was made of hard maple and walnut. One of my first gift quality projects was this edge grain not end grain cutting board which i made without a planer.
Then fasten the template to the cutting board with double sided tape. To begin cutting the boards make sure the straightest side is toward the rail when the board is lying flat. Cut a pair of straight runners the length of the workpiece and glue them to both edges as shown. If this happens release the power switch wait until the blade stops spinning and remove the blade from the wood.
If there is a gap between the rail and the board it will cause the board to pinch when cut. Build a cutting board without a planer. For a cupped board. Continue machining until the planer flattens the entire top face of the board.
I glued a scrap of 1 4 in. Using a piece of inexpensive aluminum angle stock a melamine shelf panel and a router you can take a board that doesn t have parallel faces and clean it up without a planer or jointer. One project i ve had on my bucket list for the longest time has been a diy wood cutting board.