My version of a End Grain Cutting board

Looking good so far. These are great projects to make. End grain boards take a lot of time, but they are worth the effort.

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sIKE, I have say this is looking good to me as well. I have been meaning to put one of these on my to do list. I am going to be interested in seeing the finished project.

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Nice work, sIKE. Yeah, I don’t know why people keep saying this is a good first project. It’s not. It’s not an easy project and not one which can be done ( easily perhaps) without power tools, a lot of clamps and good preparation. There’s a lot of gluing involved and little errors can easily add up.

I’m surprised you didn’t get any tear out running end grain across the jointer or through the planer. I didn’t dare try. Instead I opted for the belt sander at the end.

Nice contrast of woods and cool pattern!

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Steve,

I was amazed that I didn’t get any tear out, I took super light passes 1/64th at a time on the joiner and took the same on the DW735 on the slow speed. I am going to end up hitting it with a ROS and work it through the grits. The glued up 2×4s (mistakes from a previous project) really helped to keep everything flat. Though I had to do a lot of sanding on the glued up blank.

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Other than gravity , what are you using for down pressure ? Do you put wax paper between the boards and studs ? It looks like its going to be a nice board in the end : )

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Dusty,

Very good question, I grabbed the first pic after I took the clamps off but before I had the clamping cauls off. I had pipe clamps on the ends and the center with wood pads to protect the clamped wood. No wax paper, just used a persuader to separate the 2 by’s from the cutting board.

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Looks great. I like the wood selection and placement. Lots of work.

I have found that plastic (Scotch) packing tape on the cauls is a great way to keep the glue from sticking. Much easier than wax paper.

I will be great to see it finished,
Steve

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Aren’t you worried about adhesive from the tape being left behind?

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

I put the tape on the cauls (the 2×4s). It just makes them plastic coated. It is two inches wide, so there is no middle gap. It peels off easily after the job is done. None was transfered to the cutting board.

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Thanks for the packing tape tip . I’m trying to use up an old roll of wax paper myself. I secure the paper with a small piece of masking tape at either end when needed .(once again , an old roll ) LOL

sIKE , I was wondering if you had clamps in place prior to the pic taking , but I had to ask because I’ve known people that think the glue joints will be good without clamping them . I will keep your caul jig in mind when I make my next large panel glue up …thanks : )

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sIKE, how think will your finished cutting board be? Really nice…thik I’ll start one tommorrow…

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I am shooting for about 1” thick. They are a bit more challenging than I expected.

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Great job. Looks like a fine cutting board and an interesting way to make sections and then glue up.

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