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One more tip when making cutting boards to give as gifts--complete the project but let it remain in raw form meaning no mineral oil. Include with the gift a bottle of mineral oil and permit the person or persons receiving it apply the oil and experience the AMAZING burst of color. They will thank you forever.
This is down to tastes, so not a good idea. Raw, freshly sanded wood often looks better than oiled, darker wood. For example, that is the case in Scandinavia where premium design is highly valued and the trend is as natural as possible finishes, so it looks like raw wood but being as properly finished.
That tip at the jointer to make sure the 2 pieces will match perfectly was gold. I didn't know about that technique but will be trying it from now on. Thank you.
I made a similar cutting board for my wife’s anniversary gift. Literally put the ball over the center field fence. It came out beautiful. Thanks for your video, if I can add a picture I will! Bob
I have been impressed with this site and it’s no nonsense approach to showing you how to actually do things. That said, I used this for a recent cutting board I was doing and the approach to cutting the beveled handles was terrific. Thank you so much for the tips and ideas, very useful.
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Beautiful board. I just refinish one that I had made back in Junior High School 1974 . It was a walnut board that I made as a Mothers day present . She got a lot of use out of it. I was in desperate need of refinishing. Came out awesome
@@Thomas998822 Hey I'm not much more than a beginner myself, but I figured I'd lend a hand- Check your local Craigslist for people getting rid of hardwood; depending on where you live I've found that to be the best, I've gotten several buckets full. Otherwise, planing/sanding/refinishing old fence or siding boards, even barnwood if you can get it, has worked really well for me
Hey Matt ... first time viewer and extremely impressed with just how much information you packed into less than 10 minutes! Your presentation was organized, progressed well, and kept the interest high throughout ... not to mention that the board came out beautifully. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I recently retired and have dedicated much of my time to this wonderful hobby. My biggest problem, I'm sure shared by many baby boomers, of possessing the time, desire, a decent set of knowledge. The missing components?, money due to fixed budget and limited room to dedicate. I would love to build beautiful boards much like you demonstrated in this video ... but limited resources say that paper towel holders may be a better match. Seriously, can you suggest techniques, alternative tools, hand tools etc that can give us budget guys a shot at this? Anything I'm sure will be a big help to us. Congrats on a wonderful channel that I plan on spending much time on. Chees!!
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Mr. Pierce , here on RU-vid I have found some "channels" (not sure what they're called , don't know the lingo , but individuals like Matt here) with people that have 'alley-rigged' everyday tools to something they weren't meant for , but are useful and kinda "thinking outside of the box" . Some blow me away and others leave me thinking "how does this person STILL have all of their fingers attached" while others make me scratch my head wondering "who ties this guys shoes for him" . Here are a few that I watch : Post apocalypse inventor . This old Tony ( more of a metalworking guy , but hilarious , intelligent and informative) Mr. Pete 222 Abom79. In fact they're ALL metalworking but I've found while browsing these "channels"; I come across many different hobbyists and Tutorials . That's how I found this gentleman Matt here. Best wishes to you Sir in your retirement.
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Hand tools my friend. Takes a lot longer, but learn how to sharpen and set them up. All of these steps can be accomplished w hand tools. But time is an issue as you had mentioned.
I've been loving your stuff for years now. When I cut the bevels on my cutting boards, I always cut the ends across the grain first, then along the grain. Not sure if that matters, but it's been successful for me. Thanks!
I am seriously considering investing in some good woodworking tools now, just for the raw satisfaction of turning beautiful hardwoods into results like this.
I am an amateur hobbyist woodworker and watching this video makes me so excited and sad at the same time. Not sure how long will it take me to get this good. I recently got into joining boards together to make one big board and that task is not easy at all without a wood planer :(
Hey Matt, I just made my first cutting board today based on this video. I thought it turned out pretty well considering it's my first. Great video here and some wonderful tips!
Very nice. I like to place my boards in a low oven after wax/oil application. You can see the air bubbling out of the wood, and the physics of the situation suggest that, upon cooling, the material is drawn more thoroughly into the wood. In fact, you can easily tell the difference in the amount of residual wax and oil versus the usual room temperature technique.
Nicely done! Beautiful cutting board, and I appreciate that you didn't bloat the video with a bunch of unnecessary, time wasting ramblings, but stayed concise and yet still informative.
I've been making cutting boards for 45 years, made my first on in 7th grade shop class. I like your process and it works. Two things I think of doing differently. I don't like that bevel cut. A simple round over or short chamfer on both flat sides will allow someone to pick up the board. This allows for two equal sides to be used as a cutting board. Giving the buyer a two for one deal. The other thing is I would soak in mineral oil first. Then let it dry for a bit. Then your past. I use 2 oz of pure bees wax, about 14 oz of mineral oil and add 1 oz of pure carnauba wax to make my paste. This stays hard until your hand gets it and it will slowly melt as you spread over the board.
I normally run the board vertically on the table saw to avoid having adjust the fence. If the bevel is based on the top face of the board against the fence, I don't have to move the fence. Just thought of sharing... It looks great!
The benefit of Titebond 3 is that there is longer open time. A cheap trick for spreading glue is to use a 3" paint roller, easily washed, then spun dry with compressed air. Nice video with a great choice of colour.
My question, as always (in my head), "What if you don't have a planer?" (yet) Is it just a matter of getting the edges of the pieces as close as possible and sanding them flush? Or would you suggest a different method? Other than hand planing them. 1. I don't have a good plane and 2. It's not a method I'm comfortable with. I cause more chip out than anything. Which brings up #3. I'm not good at setting up the plane I have. I got it at a garage sale many years ago and it's pretty rough. Thank you for all the tips and a great video.
Hand plane or electric planer. You CAN do it by sanding but you're likely to get frustrated as its possible to end up with a cutting board that isn't perfectly flat
Love the tip about putting the two haves together before running them through the planer to get a perfect join!! I'll be building my first guitar soon and that'll definitely come in handy!
ive been woodworking for a while but ive never seen that trick of jointing 2 boards together to make them come together perfectly. thats AWESOME! ive seen it where you put one face towards fence and one face away from fence to do the same thing but this is so much quicker... i love it
Thanks for the videos. I believe that titebond 3 is FDA approved and titebond 2 is not. I have also used both and not had a problem. That's my 2 cents worth. Thanks again.
My wife heard you say “Tip number one... always save your off cuts from all of your projects…” and threw my phone across the room. I’m guessing more of your projects come to fruition than mine 😝
Great demonstration. Thanks for the tips. Your shop tools are admirable. I just found my roots in the Carolinas at 55 years old. My tool collection is primitive, this allows me to create certain techniques that I learned as a teen with wood. Fortunately, I live with wood everywhere, a town of furniture builders. Anyhoo, I'm glad your here to inspire my desire again. Cheers!
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They are all good tips. I'll share a tip as well. At 6:05 minute mark. First cut across the grain and then along (rip), this way you'll get finer finish and less blowout, if any. Cheers
Hogwash. There a miles of decent quality long grain boards in daily use. The vast majority of people wont pay for end grain boards unless the maker is selling them based on $2/hr compensation. I have edge grain boards Ive made 20 years ago that are still in use today includng dozens of bench surfaces in our shop. End grain is great, and beautiful, but if your customers arent paying for them your working ror slave labor wages.
I can only imagine that all those thumbs down are because this is not an end grain board. I like it anyway. Good presentation and good tips. Thanks for the video.
2:30 - excellent tip. When I make desks, I have 5 boards on top. I always run them even-numbered with the top against the fence and odd-numbered with the bottom against the fence. It is gratifying to know someone else has figured out the matching angle trick, eliminating the need for an exactly-90-degree fence.
I need to rewatch and take detailed notes. That was amazing. My wife has been wanting a homemade cutting board for a while now. Gonna go for it this weekend.
This was a great how to. I’ve watched a few cutting board how tos, and the tips you gave on the cuts & jointer really made things simple and straight forward. Thank you.
I am surprised that the cutting board makers don't know about walnut oil for a finish. I am primarily a bowl maker and most of us use it. It will soak in and harden, which the mineral oil never does. Bee's wax does show finger prints, depending on how much is left on. The walnut oil in the salad section of the grocery stores isn't the same thing as that which is intended for daily use bowls and plates. It is 'heat treated' which destroys all the proteins that can cause nut allergy reactions. I prefer the Doctor's Wood shop mix with carnuba wax. Mike Mahoney, a world famous turner has his own mix. Like some of your table saw 'accessories'. Will check out some more of your videos.
Love the video and your channel! On Tip #2 Booking at the Jointer: I’m not busting chops or trying to sound like a know-it-all Richard Cranium, but I am trying to be helpful for the next time you demonstrate this technique. With genuine respect for you and your work, here goes nothing! I am teaching Geometry to High School Sophomores right now and we’re going over complimentary/supplementary angles. The type of angle-pair relationship you’re creating is special. It’s an Adjacent Supplementary Matched Pair called a “Linear Pair”. They share one side (adjacent) and the two angle measures add up to 180* to form a straight line (Linear). The Linear Pair is extremely important to woodworking, as you’re doing a great job of expressing, and the technique you’re using cures the incessant concerns we have about square jointer fences. You’re killing it! I would recommend using supplementary here to describe the relationship even though the angles DO compliment each other, because Complimentary angles, by definition, add to 90* while Supplementary is reserved for forming a 180* set. Extra points are well earned by your description of Coplanar when hitting the planer/surfacer!!! I just helped the woodshop teacher repair a classic V-bed Rockwell 3phase 18” surfacer that wasn’t feeding, and hand sharpened all of the Bailey #4’s (Board of Education Style). I appreciate the heck out of your channel and hope to continue learning from you. Thank you for the knowledge, your time to shoot and share, and for not thinking I’m a D!ck for the Euclidean Geometry definitions!
Holy crap that’s a beautiful piece! It something that could be proudly displayed as a wall hanger just as much as it could be used for cutting! Damn fine work.
I’ve made a bunch of boards and was looking for ideas to straighten out some lumber. I must say, very well explained, great visuals and I’m happy to see a carpenter do many steps similarly to me. Thank you for the great video and looking forward to more.
Beautiful board...and great tips. He did a terrific job of walking through the steps. I just added a drum sander to my shop...that and his tips will make some beautiful boards.
