7 Tips for Making DIAGONAL Grain Cutting Boards...and a few things to avoid 

True! The value for me, is someone that can show me how to do things without buying a new tool.

Awesome thanks!

Awesome tip thank you! I will definitely try that next time.

Awesome good luck!

Thanks Jake! It was a lot of fun to try something new.

Thanks so much! These were fun to make.

Thank you!! Yeah I was pleasantly surprised with how well that worked.

Thanks so much!! Let me know if you give it a go. Lots of fun.

Outriggers I love it!! That’s perfect.

On some of my parallel boards, I leave the center two middle boards or the two outside boards longer to take care of the snipe Works great and allows me to make my boards a little wider. I have a 13" planer too. I like most of my boards to be 12.5" finished to take care of the snipe. On end grain boards I glue scrap wood on the leading and trailing edge and run them through my planer. That protects the board from any chip out and then I cut off the scrap. I have not had any problems with the 150 + boards I have made. Great video! Nice boards! Thanks!

@daveneumayer959 love those tips! Thanks for watching.

Great tip thank you!!

Hmm, I will have to take that under advisement

Thanks!

Thanks! You can do it. Start with some cheap wood like pine and make a test board.

Thanks!

Watching this again, I see where this might work with wider pieces and not a board with thin strips, but maybe….

Thanks so much Grant!! 🙏🏻

You’re welcome!!

Thanks so much!! I remember what my first boss told me…Planning prevents poor performance 😆

Thank you so much!! I’m not sure yet. Maybe a chunky end grain one? I love your herringbone idea though!

Haha hardly!! Thank you so much good sir.

Thanks!!

Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much!

Awesome! It ws a game changer for me. You can also leave one stick long on both sides and it'll do the same thing.

Why didn’t you use your sled for that cut. Even though the CA glue was available.

I think the longest ends of the board wouldn’t let me get it in the sled correctly. Like it was too big. I have since gotten a track saw which is much better for that cut.

Haha thanks Seth!

Awesome to hear thanks for watching!

Nice!!

Thanks so much!! Yeah that has been handy for sure.

Awesome!! Let me know if you have any questions and how it goes! I still have the cool looking cutoffs and not sure what to do with them.

Thanks Trent! That sounds like an awesome design - let me know if you do!

I had been seeing your Instagram posts and was wondering your plan to cut an edge to reference. Great idea!!! I love it!!!! Beautiful work!!!

Thanks so much for following along!! Really appreciate it.

Thank you and amen yes he does!

Thank you so much for watching!

Wow thanks so much DN! Really appreciate the kind words.

@@RLLWoodworks You're welcome. Working effectively within the constraints of your relatively small shop, you've shown yourself to clearly be a solid problem-solver, which we all soon discover is essential in woodworking, don't we? Keep up the good work. I'm a new subscriber.

Thank you so much!! You are very kind. I’ll try to keep making some quality content!

Thank you so much!! 🙏🏻

Thanks so much! Lotta fun to make those.

Thanks so much!!!

Awesome!

Thanks Sean! I was surprised that worked with only one pass! Good trick to tuck away for fixing future mistakes.

You can do it!!

You kept the short pieces on the corners rather wide. Maybe inch and a half wide. Is that to avoid small little pieces trying to be glued up on the corners without much length to stay glued?

Thanks so much!! I really appreciate that.

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Yes!! I’ve seen that trick. Would love a router table.

Thank you!!!

Great, good luck!!

Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much!!

Thanks so much! I do have one more and looking to get rid of it cheap! Let me know.

Thank you so much!!

Hey thanks so much!! They were a lot of fun to make and definitely threw some challenges at me.

Thanks Tracy! Really appreciate it.

Thanks George! They were a lot of fun to make and I learned a lot.

Thank you!! I learned that from 6_8woodworks.

Thanks so much!! Woodworker Lodge had a great post on this…woodworkerlodge.com/what-wood-is-not-good-to-use-in-a-cutting-board/#:~:text=Avoid%20woods%20that%20are%20soft,%2C%20American%20mahogany%2C%20and%20rosewoods.

Thanks!!

Thanks for watching!!

Thanks so much!!

Thanks so much!! Wow 27 that’s awesome!! Yeah they’re worth more I know but they were just sitting when I had them listed higher. I have found customs sell for much more than premade. Even if time and effort is the same.

Thanks so much for the kind words! I’ve only really made a handful and all but one were the same size (12x16) so I haven’t needed to adjust it yet. I did make an 18x24 before the holidays and made a custom jig for that beast!

Thank you!!

Thanks so much!! I got from an Etsy store that is no longer active. I would start there if I needed another one.

Thanks so much Justin!!

I just got one!! For sure would have been nice.

Thank you!!

Thanks so much! I tried to do mostly edge to edge but I did have a few face to edge and haven't had any issues. Especially if they are thin and you use a good glue (I used Titebond III). Good luck! They are fun to make.

Thanks so much and yes they are!! Like you said, I don’t think there is a better value for f clamps out there. I love them and would have happily paid 3x. Thanks so much for your kindness.

It’s good but if I had to do it over I’d get the dewalt 13” benchtop.

Thank you so much!!

Thanks for watching!! Definitely learned a lot and fun to make.

That’s the only thing I know it by. Check rockler.com if you need it delivered. Or if you have a Woodcraft store by you that’s where I got mine from.

It’s the best!

An Etsy shop called IronStampDesign

Thanks!!

Its the Dewalt DWE7480. Unfortunately I don't think they make it any longer.

Mostly edge grain but there were a few pieces of maple that I did face grain.

@@RLLWoodworks Thanks so much and I’m thinking of trying it out but scared haha. Beautiful Boards man🔥

I got it from an Etsy shop about 3 years ago that doesn’t appear to be active anymore. But, looks like there are a lot of options on there.

Don’t I know it! I had them listed for more for quite some time and they weren’t getting any views (Etsy or Facebook) so I had to keep lowering them to at least get rid of them. Only one left currently.

Ha I think so too! I had them at $200 for a while but they weren’t getting much traction so now just trying to get rid of them. I think being able to customize is needed.