Cross-posted on another forum, too:
I've decided I want to make end grain cutting boards as Christmas gifts this year. Having never made one before, what do those of you with experience consider to be the most important step(s) to making them successfully? Maybe making sure that everything in one course is the same thickness before they are flipped and glued?
I plan on using walnut (have a whole lot of 8/4 to use up, maybe I'll toss in a course of 4/4 here and there) and don't plan on doing any intricate patterns--maybe just gluing up the blanks and shifting each row by half. I may put a radius on the corners and edges, and route handle grips into the ends. Do you like adding a juice groove? If so, do you prefer to do this to both sides or just one side?
I don't have a jointer, just a planer to at least get the rough boards smooth. I also have a drum sander for final sanding after glueup.
Thanks,
Paul
I've decided I want to make end grain cutting boards as Christmas gifts this year. Having never made one before, what do those of you with experience consider to be the most important step(s) to making them successfully? Maybe making sure that everything in one course is the same thickness before they are flipped and glued?
I plan on using walnut (have a whole lot of 8/4 to use up, maybe I'll toss in a course of 4/4 here and there) and don't plan on doing any intricate patterns--maybe just gluing up the blanks and shifting each row by half. I may put a radius on the corners and edges, and route handle grips into the ends. Do you like adding a juice groove? If so, do you prefer to do this to both sides or just one side?
I don't have a jointer, just a planer to at least get the rough boards smooth. I also have a drum sander for final sanding after glueup.
Thanks,
Paul
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