Making End Grain Cutting Board Without Planer

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Making end grain cutting board without planer. I had no clue that running an end grain cutting board was dangerous until i read it here. It s an extremely common new woodworker project and without any thought behind it and why. I don t own an electric planer so i had to do the leveling shaping with various sanders and a router which took forever. Prep and cut for the second glue up.

Select and prepare wood for the diy cutting board. Lay out and glue up the initial design. You can pay 100 or more for a similar end grain cutting board. Shop therapy 19 908 views.

I do have a router and table that can do edge jointing with a shim on the outfeed fence table saw a block plane and various other hand tools. Final shaping and sanding. After reading this warning i made a flat grain cutting board instead which i ran through my planer. Lay out and glue up the final end grain cutting board design.

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. End grain cutting boards through the planer. End grain cutting boards from scrap wood how to duration. First attempt at making a cutting board.

Finishing the diy cutting board. How to make an end grain cutting board in 6 simple steps. Making a cutting board without a planer a lifetime of sanding. I love these cutting boards and would like to make some as christmas gifts.

Had this not been posted i most likely would have ran an end grain cutting board through my planer with possibly disastrous results. I m happy with this as my very. The board is undamaged and the blade stays sharp even better the pine s high resin content makes it naturally antibacterial.