Making end grain chopping boards - flatening end grain

[Benchwayze]

Make sure your starting stock is square, and all accurately sized.
Chop off your individual blocks, and glue them together inside a snug-fit temporary frame on a base board. (Kitchen foil stops glue sticking to the base. )
Clamp with folding wedges and check it's all flat before setting aside to dry.

You shouldn't then need dowels etc.

 

[bugbear]

Chop off your individual blocks

Most tutorials I've seen perform a two stage process e.g.

http://woodworkerszone.com/wiki/index.p ... ing_Boards

BugBear

 

[Benchwayze]

Yes BB. That's how I would do it if I was making a long-grain chequerboard or breadboard. But I am talking about an end-grain butcher type block, made with plain, equi-sized blocks. I did it my way for a side table using very thin squares.


Come to think... It might be a good idea to orient the blocks in a 'stretcher-bond' fashion, like a bricklayer lays bricks.


Regards
John

 

[bugbear]

Yes BB. That's how I would do it if I was making a long-grain chequerboard or breadboard. But I am talking about an end-grain butcher type block, made with plain, equi-sized blocks. I did it my way for a side table using very thin squares.

?? But the board he demos IS end grained, not long grain.

If you want a pure grid, just use (long) square stock instead of (long) rectangular stock. The cross section of the beams becomes your sections in the final end grain product.

BugBear

 

[Benchwayze]

Yes BB. That's how I would do it if I was making a long-grain chequerboard or breadboard. But I am talking about an end-grain butcher type block, made with plain, equi-sized blocks. I did it my way for a side table using very thin squares.

?? But the board he demos IS end grained, not long grain.

If you want a pure grid, just use (long) square stock instead of (long) rectangular stock. The cross section of the beams becomes your sections in the final end grain product.

BugBear

Yep! I plead the 72nd amendment. I am getting old, and I overlook detail.

John :mrgreen:

 

[Chems]

You can watch our very own OPJ make a cutting board on his blog too:

http://ollypj.wordpress.com/

 

[bugbear]

You can watch our very own OPJ make a cutting board on his blog too:

http://ollypj.wordpress.com/

As a personal thing, I prefer text + pictures over video for most things. I'm a fast reader, and can easily select the parts that interest me.

With a video, it's much harder to be selective, or even "pre-skim" to see if you want to take in the detail a second, slower, time.

BugBear

 

[Benchwayze]

You can watch our very own OPJ make a cutting board on his blog too:

http://ollypj.wordpress.com/

As a personal thing, I prefer text + pictures over video for most things. I'm a fast reader, and can easily select the parts that interest me.

With a video, it's much harder to be selective, or even "pre-skim" to see if you want to take in the detail a second, slower, time.

BugBear

I used to be a fast reader too BB. That's why I miss things now though! :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:

John