Are Small Chopping Boards worth making - New improved Design 

I'm new to woodworking. I wanted to say that this was a great tutorial, and I learned a lot in about 15 minutes. Thank you for posting this.

I am retiring from my career in the next year or two and have been making sawdust for decades. I have been considering making a small business out of my woodworking and this product fit in nicely with the "smalls" I would like in my inventory. most of what I make now is too large and heavy for people to carry away from a street fair or flea market. Thank you for the demonstration and the idea.

Thank you keeping it the old way. Love these! 🐝

I really appreciate that you took the time to set up a jig and a process for this. I see so many people making multiples of something, and doing the layout on each one seperately- this drives me nuts! When I do batches (often), I do the layout *once*, and built a jig, fixture, or template that incorporates the layout. After that, all I have to do is cut my wood to the correct dimensions. I also enjoyed seeing you do what I call a "time study", so that you can see how long jobs are taking. I do the same thing on things I make often- it's very helpful to see where I need to shave time.

Such a great video and commentary! If I were a betting man, I would say you are or used to be a woodshop teacher given how you explained each and every step and your reason for doing so. I thoroughly enjoyed your technique and the video, and of course the outcome of the project. Thank you.

Fascinating, thoughtful and well explained process…. (Which I will plagiarise). The one confusing thing is your rip jig….. wouldn’t it be easier to just set the fence on the bandsaw a kerf width away from the blade then slide your block repeatedly through that to create suitable strips - same method as you would use to create veneers? (Or use your sliding table saw - reset the fence behind the blade then place your block on the sliding table & then push it through repeatedly) Both these methods need the fence setting just once and no actual jig required.

Beautiful! When I was young those would have been multi use items...cutting, chopping, in the kitchen...and a disciplinary "stop running in and out slamming the screen door" training tool.

They look amazing! Nice to see a new nice looking , easy to make and profitable cutting board.

They look great! I enjoyed seeing how you worked out the process. Thanks

Very cool. Thanks for sharing your technique.

A faster jig that doesn’t require moving the fence after every cut for cutting your thin strips would help shave off good time if cutting more then a handful of strips at a time. Basically similar thickness board to the one you would cut your strips from, glue (or screw 😅) a top cover over hanging the boards left side and a back strip over hanging the same side to push the strip through as you cut it. Then you can just set you fence the width on the board used for the jig + the width you want the strip to be. But the strip board against the jig board under the lip created by the cover. Push jig and block through to cut a strip. Then bring the jig and board back and repeat. I did this for making shims and it’s so quick and way less tedious. Great video and boards by the way 👍🏻

The new version looks brilliant thankyou for the tips and video

They came out great! Amazing how you explained all details throughout, thank you!

They turned out great! Awesome idea for the handles.

Hey thanks for the idea about using gloves with my Jointer seems like a really great idea I'm going to try it out

- VERY unique, clever designs. Thanx 4 sharing.

lovely design....I 'll be borrowing the idea

I watch a TON of woodworking videos and want to start doing it myself. But my conclusion is, without the proper tools its not worth it or doable. Yes there are hacks/jigs and workarounds etc. But they do not give the proper/desired result to make a descent, consistent and profitable product/sale. Nevertheless, great video and explanation how to approach and execute such tasks. So thank you for your effort!

Nicely done and with minimal waste material as well. Steve

Some great tips in this video. Liked and subscribed.👍

This is an excellent presentation, I learned a lot and the boards look absolutely fantastic! Subscription added.

Love these little boards. And the new design really is quite the difference. Just subscribed.

like this video. gives me some good ideas. thank you

Yes they do sell. A CNC machine is quick. Time, cost to selling prices are worth it

Great job,!! congratulations Im from Uruguay! see you.

I like your work mate, it's good to actually have an English man to watch and listen to What Finnish do you put on your boards 👍👍👍👏👏👏

Amazing job

Very nice, I might over engineer them by cutting rebates or biscuit joints to reinforce the handle. Possibly easier to template cut on a router table & then roundover on Router table again . Another option to recess 1 face 1/2" as a nibbles tray, other side as a cutting board.

Отлично! Спасибо за идею!

Great! 💪💪💪

Loved it

Very nice design and a informative step by step video😊 Will copy an make some in dark and light local Swedish oak that i have in stock.

gracias por compartir tan hermoso trabajo y la explicación es extraordinaria, saludos desde Cancún, México

Thank you

Really clever, Thanks

Very nice product and video! Cheers!!

Love it😃

Darn, you actually got more routers than me. LOL...

Beautiful!

Thank you for NOT using the CNC.....we don't all have one! I believe staying away from automation in a hobby shop keeps hand crafting alive. Having said that, I've been in automation my entire career ...... I'm jealous of those with a CNC..lol

You deserve more views and subscribers.

Parabéns muito top excelente trabalho Deus abençoe

Hi Graham, I just stumbled upon your channel by sheer accident but am really glad that I did because I too make cutting boards as my main thing although I also am into making various types of tables and also designer style chairs (I tried to say that so it didn't come across that I make tables and chairs as a set because I don't but I do make bespoke individual stuff which is very different). I'm very happy that I did find your channel because I too am a Brit but living abroad in Poland. I have now watched a few of your videos tonight and I have just subscribed to your channel and given you a thumbs up. We have a barn attached to our house and I am just about to have part of it converted into a nice and large workshop and by coinsidence you have some of the equipement that I am wanting to buy. I see from one of your videos that you are using Felder machinery which in my mind make very good equipment at very good prices and I am hopping to buy decent bandsaw a full sized one with a cutting capacity of 14" which will allow me to make some much fancier cuts, I see that you also have the Hammer HS950 belt sander. It's a no brainer for me to use Felder because they are an Austrian company and their head office in only a couple of hours drive away from me and here in Poland there are 5 different locations which stock and sell Felder equipement and if I got stuck then just over the borders on Poland into either Germany or the Czech Republic there are litterly dozens of other Felder stockists. You mentioned that you don't have enough clamps ?? 9:46 You can never have enough clamps in a workshop in my opinion lol, I have around 50 clamps in various forms and as of today I just ordered another 16 spring loaded clamps albiet the long spring loaded type but they were a good price online and they will never go to waste I've got a lot of videos to get through so I'll type a little less and watch a few more of your videos Keep up the good work Glen F

New subscriber. Thank you for sharing your experience and very helpful tutorial.

Very nice

Great work i Will subscribe, thanks

Great job explaining everything Thank you

Great video overall. But not many clamps but surrounded by Festol looking stuff. First time watching so I know nothing. Just seeing how I see it but still great video of looking at how to do things with standard tools.

agreed, your video was interesting! yes, I sub'd as well

Kreatif 👏 amazing 👌👏👏👏👏👏❤️

Wow fantastic, I'm creating chopping boards too I think I'll take a cue from your idea and design. By Vicenza Italy

Hiya Graham, another very enjoyable and informative video! Would like to know how well/quick this batch of boards sold? At the prices you quoted, I would most certainly buy! Keep up the good work! Len (Devon 🇬🇧)

Excellent video, thanks for sharing. I was wondering how you'd compensate for the loss of the bandsaw blade width on the handle inserts - the contrasting thin strips were a top notch idea. Looking forward to viewing your past and future videos. Thanks again for sharing, now subscribed.

Geat video. Many thanks for your efforts. Can I ask: where do you sell your boards?

Excellent Graham, your videos are a great help to me. I am in the process of starting my own business and I will defiantly have a go at making some of these boards. May I ask where you bought your wood from. At the moment, I’m getting my wood from major DIY stores, but they don’t sell interesting wood. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Peter.

Did you bevel the thin spacer pieces so that they meet seamlessly at the apex of the triangle?

You should call them butler boards.

This channel should be renamed "The million dollar shop"...

Thank you. So what was the average time per board. What do you sell these smaller boards for?

and temu selling it at 3.50 dollars ,they are hurting so many small woodworkers .

I have a question is there a possibility of a little gap where the two splines meet in the V. And if there is how do you eliminate it

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Wouldn't your band saw be simpler and even quicker than routing out the overall shape?

hi great serving ,chopping boards love them l new wood working hobby well just 18 mouths l have one or two things of you the circler plastic cutting jig, it great ,a big help what my main question is when do you get you hard woods from ie Purple heart.. and the rest of the wood you use l tryed so many wood yard`s l live near to sheffield but l had no joy finding a supplier for exotic woods l willing to pay for shipping . l do make things chopping boards sell them to folk round where l live family what profit l do make l take out the cost of materials what`s left l give to my local M.N.D as l lost a brother and sister to M.N.D both was only in they early 50`s l not asking for charity just help on where l can get exotic from. l am at a loss what or where to go thanks for reading and hope you can put me in the right direction, Thanks again for your in put and your tutorials on thing you make l do have a goat most of them ,,,, Roy xx

You're making this much too hard on yourself. Instead of cutting a wedge out of a complete board, and then inserting a (hopefully) matching wedge into the cutout, glue up two half-width boards with two half handles, using whatever angle you want (your contrasting thin strip can go in between them at the same time.) Once those are done, joint the inner edge on each and glue up those two halves; cut the final board shape out of that.

Cut the talk and start cutting boards!

As much as I like woodworking there are far greater issues happening in the world than worrying about small chopping boards. I know the 💩 is gonna flow but I DON'T CARE‼️ Soon we won't have Fk all and won't be able to travel to go buy wood to make these boards. WEF motto, YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY🤬😡 Enjoy your shop time guys while you can.

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing your time and talent!!