"Dan Inspired" Woven Cutting Board

Whew! It’s fantastic….I just don’t have the patience.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Great looking board. Maybe one day I will have one that nice.

-- R K SP8 "The 10 Commandments are NOT multiple choices"

How is that done? Is there a trick to getting the weave? Amazing!

The only trick is planing the individual blocks to the exact dimensions (within 0.001 inch) and using a slow set glue for assembly. I used titebond II extend. I also made a gluing jig that kept the sides square and applied pressure from the top so it wouldn’t explode when tightened down the clamps.

-- Patrick, Iowa City

wow. those joints are very tight. i don’t have the patience to do that design.

Very Nice. I would love to have the patience to do that. I will have to give it a try next summer.

-- Rusty

Simply Incredible!

-- My woodwork blog : http://www.isetehtud.pri.ee/blog/

Did you laminate the narrow walnut strips to the wider maple strips as a early step? Or should we keep guessing?

-- Branlon, Board Director, South Central Indiana

I like that pattern a lot. Really beautiful and a great piece for any kitchen.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Very nice job

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Great cutting board. I like the combination of woods and there size relationship.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Very nice…you’ve a great job with this design.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

Pretty nice. That’s a lot of work!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

impressive work … very well done

welcome to lumberjocks

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Very inspirational

-- Michael, Fort Worth, TX. "I wood if I could!"

Looks great.

I am trying to finish up a few like this. Mine is walnut, maple, and oak.

What are the dimensions of your board?

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas

Terrific cutting board, great work, it looks fantastic.

-- Tom D

To respond to Branlon, yes I laminated the thin strips of walnut on the maple first. Then I milled those strips down to 3/4 total thickness.
To Kevin, the dimensions of the cherry blocks are 3/4×3/4. The maple/walnut blocks are 3/4×2 1/4.
It started about 1 1/2 inch thick and ended up about 1 1/4 thick after I got it squeeze out free and flat.

I chose those dimensions based on the scrap I had on hand.

I really appreciate all the positive feedback.

-- Patrick, Iowa City

Wow, I really like the cutting board. You did a great job. I am working on one with the chevron look.

When you say Dan Inspired, is that a cutting board shown on this site?

Thanks, Fred

-- Fred, Georgia

Fred – When I said Dan Inspired, I should have been more specific. Here’s the project I meant. Dan received a lot points in the “serve it up with class” category this summer.

lumberjocks.com/projects/2446

-- Patrick, Iowa City

Thanks Sinister, this is an inspiring site and what makes it so is the people that share their expertise. I am still exploring it and need to get more familiar with it.

-- Fred, Georgia

Awesome cutting board. I never knew how people were making these until you mentioned how.

I may take a stab at that when my other 3,163,964 projects are closer to completion!