Tips and Tricks. #1: Sanding for an end grain board.

Cool Tips…

What do you do if you do NOT have a drum sander?

... but have a thickness planer?

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I tried this on thicknesser when I started.

can be done but you have to make sure to glue an extra strip at the end as the last one will chip something horrible.

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and even with a drum sander – you have to have a really good one, like Larry has. with mine you will get a slight capping at the ends as it has only one roller. its very small but when glueing up the crosscut it shows bigtime

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For those with a thicknesser, you can just go and flatten the whole blank…
I use this method because.
A. I have a drum sander…
B. I do not want to loose too much thickness of the blank using a thicknesser…
Hope this is of help to some…

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Cool!

Thanks, Larry!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Larry, where are the clamps from? I have some parallel ones but they are not as beefy as these.

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Thanks for the tip Larry,

On the few boards I made I sanded the whole glued board. I did loose some thickness.

Fantastic board and good tip for people who have fully equipt workshop.
By the way, Larry, I’d like to ask this question. Why do people prefer endgrain cutting board to flat one? Dose it have something to do with sharpening the knife, cleaning the board after using it or any other reason than the beauty of the endgrain reflection?

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Thank you kind sir. Pretty neat.

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska

Beautiful board, Larry.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Larry Great tips.

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Sam, there are a few reasons..

they look good
they are kinder on your knives,
they don’t mark as easily…

If I may use the analogy used by Marc Spagnuolo… imagine a paint brush held horizontally [Like Long Grain] and using a knife to cut across.. you will damage the bristles [or grains]... and now have the paint brush vertical [Like End Grain] and when you cut the bristles [grains] part and allow the knife to enter the brush… [or board ] and when you remove the knife the bristles [grains] come back together… no damage…
I hope this is of help

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A very good explanation!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

I told you, you were a good teacher, didn’t I?
Thanks, Larry.

-- Sam Shakouri / CREATING WONDERS WITH WOOD.....Sydney,Australia....

Yes Sam… You did…

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